# Study of a Prophet

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## Artwork

- Artist: [LOMAZZO, Giovan Paolo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lomazzo-giovan-paolo-rd3533c50c8a6f6>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Black chalk with traces of red chalk, 190 x 120 mm

## Commentary

The sketches on both the recto and the verso of this double-sided sheet are preparatory studies for the frescoes in the Foppa Chapel in San Marco, Milan. The draped figure of a prophet on the recto reflects Lomazzo&#39;s admiration for central Italian art which he had occasion to observe first-hand during a journey to Florence and Rome in the early 1560s.

## Related artworks

- [Head of an Executioner](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lomazzo-giovan-paolo-rd3533c50c8a6f6/head-of-an-executioner-r2c6bc957a7f927>)
- [Self-Portrait as Abbot of the Accademia della Val di Blenio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lomazzo-giovan-paolo-rd3533c50c8a6f6/self-portrait-as-abbot-of-the-accademia-della-val-di-blenio-r2234f43f7f6954>)
- [Self-Portrait](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lomazzo-giovan-paolo-rd3533c50c8a6f6/self-portrait-rb97c1cf92d87ba>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)