Study of a Prophet
by LOMAZZO, Giovan Paolo, Black chalk with traces of red chalk, 190 x 120 mm
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’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.