Ceiling Studies of a Prophet and a Putto Seen from Below

c. 1602/1607

Giulio Cesare Procaccini

Associated Names
Giulio Cesare Procaccini

Artist, Lombard, 1574 - 1625

This is a drawing of several figures in motion. The central figure is lying down with their arms reaching upward. Smaller figures surround them, appearing to be in flight. The drawing is detailed and conveys a sense of struggle or interaction between the figures. The style is reminiscent of classical Renaissance art.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Skippe; by descent to Edward Holland Martin; (sale, Christie's London, 21 November 1958, no. 4, as Michelangelo Anselmi); Private collection, England; (sale, Christie's London, 1 July 1997, no. 30). Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

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Exhibition History

2011

  • Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525-1835, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2011, no. 21.

2023

  • Looking Up: Studies for Ceilings, 1550-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.

Bibliography

1957

  • Popham, A.E. Correggio's Drawings. London, 1957: 170, no. 7 (as Anselmi).

2002

  • Brigstocke, Hugh. Procaccini in America. Exh. cat. Hall & Knight Ltd, London and New York. London, 2002: 14-15, pl. 11.

  • Bora, Giulio. "Sulla fortuna collezionistica del disegno lombardo nel Seicento: 'Difficoltà' di Giulio Cesare Procaccini," in "Aux Quatre Vents," A Festschrift for Bert W. Meijer. Florence, 2002: 91, note 17.

2004

  • Neilson, Nancy Ward. Giulio Cesare Procaccini Disegnatore Nomos, 2004: no. 132.

2024

  • Bober, Jonathan. "Seventeenth-century Milanese drawings in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and some associated collections."Arte Lombarda 200-201, no. 1-2 (2024): 75, fig. 7.

Wikidata ID

Q64572466

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