Sketch for "The Four Prophets of Israel" (for Il Gesù, Rome)
c. 1675–1677
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 67.3 × 55 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-111052
This small painting represents the four prophets of Israel: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel. It is one of seven oil sketches made in preparation for the decoration of the four pendentives in the Jesuit Church of the Gesù in Rome. The artist, one of the most prominent large-scale decorative painters in Rome, is known for his grand painting of the vault of the Gesù. Giovanni Batista Gaulli followed the Italian decorative tradition by preparing this sketch, called a bozzetto, to work out his ideas before the final fresco was painted. Fresco painting was the most desirable media for public …
Provenance
Severance Fund, 1969.131
Registry history
- c. 1675–1677 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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