Seated Doctor of the Church Reading (Saint Ambrose or Saint Gregory) 1600

Jacopo Palma the Younger’s “Seated Doctor of the Church Reading (Saint Ambrose or Saint Gregory)” (1600) is a black chalk drawing of a seated man reading. The subject is likely either Saint Ambrose or Saint Gregory, both Doctors of the Church. This is a preparatory drawing by Palma the Younger, an Italian artist active during the Renaissance period. The drawing is currently located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.