Art, literature & history
A Prophet Addressed by an Angel
1517/1519
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- 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
- Dimensions
- overall: 32 × 25 cm (12 5/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1985.40.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Sebastiano del Piombo. A Prophet Addressed by an Angel. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
A Prophet Addressed by an Angel — Sebastiano del Piombo. 1517/1519.
Medium: 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.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 32 × 25 cm (12 5/8 × 9 13/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1985.40.1. Gift of Robert H. and Clarice Smith.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.