Rijksmuseum

Studie van een hoofd van een profeet

Date

1549 - 1555

Medium

charcoal stick, paper, chalk

Institution

Rijksmuseum

After training as a landscape artist, Girolamo Muziano concentrated on studying the human body. Altarpieces with many figures provided a better income than landscapes. One of his first commissions in this genre was an altarpiece with Mary and Joseph resting on the flight into Egypt. This drawing is a preparatory study for one of the prophets in a lunette above that painting.

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