DrawingsItalian16th century

A Prophet or Apostle Seen from Below

16th century

Artists

Giovanni Paolo LomazzoArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash and white gouache on cream antique laid paper toned with a brown wash, laid down overall on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

32 × 24.6 cm (12 5/8 × 9 11/16 in.)

Provenance

[Sotheby's, New York, 1979, no. 13, repr.] sold; to Vermeer Associates Limited, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994

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