A Bearded Prophet in Glory Attended by a Bishop, Two Other Male Saints, and Angels (Design for a Section of a Dome)

Provenance

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Artist: Giovanni Lanfranco (Italian, Parma 1582–1647 Rome)
Date: 1634–35
Medium: Black chalk, partly reworked by the artist in pen and brown ink
Dimensions: maximum sheet: 11 1/2 x 10 5/16 in. (29.2 x 26.2 cm), very irregular borders
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Guy Wildenstein Gift, 2004
Accession no.: 2004.295

Male Figure Running
Giovanni Lanfranco
1582–1647 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020080
The Martyrdom of the Apostle Thomas
Giovanni Lanfranco
1638–46 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020081
Seated Apostles and Putti
Giovanni Lanfranco
1637–38 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020082
Design for a Wall Decoration with the Sacrifice of Abraham and the Flight into Egypt
Giovanni Lanfranco
1582–1647 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020083

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.