Ceiling Studies of a Prophet and a Putto Seen from Below
Giulio Cesare Procaccini
c. 1602/1607
Medium
oiled black chalk or charcoal, heightened with white chalk on blue-green laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 22 x 30.3 cm (8 11/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund
Accession Number
2007.111.147
About the Artist
Giulio Cesare Procaccini · 1574–1625
Painter and sculptor, son of Ercole Procaccini. Having moved to Milan with the rest of the family in the mid-1580s, he trained as a sculptor, perhaps in the workshop of Francesco Brambilla (ii), and then worked (1591–9) for the workshop of Milan Cathedral. Italian painter, printmaker.