The Prophet Jeremiah 1718

"The Prophet Jeremiah," a 1718 red chalk drawing by Italian Baroque artist Sebastiano Conca, depicts the biblical prophet Jeremiah seated and draped in a flowing robe, gesturing towards a scroll in his left hand. An angel, a symbol of divine inspiration, appears to the right of the prophet, pointing upward with a rod. This study, which is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, likely served as a preparatory drawing for a larger painting or fresco, demonstrating Conca’s masterful skill in composition and figure drawing.