The Eritrean Sibyl, from the series "Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel"
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The Eritrean Sibyl, from the series "Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel"
Maker
Giorgio Ghisi
(b. 1520, Mantua, Italy – d. 1582)
Makerafter
Michelangelo Buonarroti
(b. 1475, Caprese, Italy – d.1564 Rome, Italy)
Dateca. 1570s
MediumEngraving, printed on two sheets
Dimensionsimage: 22 1/2 in. x 17 in. (57.1 cm x 43.2 cm); sheet: 27 in. x 20 1/2 in. (68.6 cm x 52.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase, The Dorothy Johnston Towne (Class of 1923) Fund
Object number2004.91
Status
Not on viewRightsCopyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws
Photo creditDavis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Giorgio Ghisi
Pierre SauvageotTerry HaassMadeleine Lacourière EditionsFequet et BaudierLacouriere et Ferlaut
1964
William Nelson CopleyRobert RohmLetter Edged in Black Press, Inc.
October 1968
Jan van Huchtenburghafter Adam Frans van der Meulen
ca. 1670
William Nelson CopleyEdward FitzgeraldLetter Edged in Black Press, Inc.
October 1968
William Nelson CopleyNeil JenneyLetter Edged in Black Press, Inc.
October 1968
William Nelson CopleyToby MussmanLetter Edged in Black Press, Inc.
December 1968