The Cumaen Sibyl

1516

Agostino dei Musi

Artist, Italian, c. 1490 - 1536 or after

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper, laid down on a mount

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within platemark): 17 × 12.9 cm (6 11/16 × 5 1/16 in.)
    mount: 20 × 17.5 cm (7 7/8 × 6 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2023.67.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 123, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth; (his sale, Christie’s London, 5 December 1985, lot 67); (Colnaghi, London); Private collection, England; thence by descent; (Gillis/Goldman Fine Art, Brussels); purchased 2023 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821. no. 123, i/ii

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, at lower right: AV / 1516

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