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ANTONIO BUSCA (Milan 1625-1684 Milan) Study of a Prophet.
Black and white chalk on grayish tan laid paper mounted on laid paper. 208x156 mm; 8 1/4x6 1/8 inches. With attributions to Busca in pen and black ink, lower left recto, and pencil, lower right recto.
A student of Ercole Procaccini, Busca traveled to Rome in 1650-51 with Giovanni Ghisolfi and came under the influence of Pietro da Cortona.
The current drawing is a design for a pendentive. Busca painted frescoes with prophets and angels in the cupola of the family chapel in San Vittore al Corpo at Milan in 1669. Ugo Ruggeri published 2 drawings by Busca in Disegni lombardi, Venice, 1982, nos. 148 and 149.
