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The image depicts two male figures partially shown at the waist and shoulder respectively. The central figure is seated, slightly leaning to the side, and looking upwards towards the other person. This man's face is in profile with a prominent nose, beard, and a full head of hair. He is dressed in large, flowing garments with detailed folds and appears to be holding an open book or tablet on his lap. The second figure, positioned in the background to the left, is standing and leaning forward, gazing intently at the seated man. This figure's facial features are more obscured, however, he has…

A Prophet Addressed by an Angel

Sebastiano del Piombo (Venetian, 1485 - 1547)

1517/1519 · black chalk with gray and brown wash above four stylus arcs at bottom right, heightened with white and squared with red chalk on blue paper, laid down on late eighteenth/early nineteenth-century mount

National Gallery of Art · Gift of Robert H. and Clarice Smith

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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