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Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
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Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Sibylla Persica

c. 1625

Paul Maupin, after Jacques Stella

Associated Names

Paul Maupin

Artist, Italian, active 1591-1635

Jacques Stella

Artist After, French, 1596 - 1657

The image shows a person seated with relaxed posture, wearing classic garments, holding a book. They have curly hair with a decorative band, looking serene. Background displays clouds and rays of light.

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Artwork overview

Medium

woodcut on laid paper
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Dimensions

sheet: 27.6 × 18.9 cm (10 7/8 × 7 7/16 in.)
Accession Number

1945.1.5
Series Title

Series of Sibyls

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1949

Ten Centuries of Christian Art, Milwaukee Art Institute, WI, 1949, no catalogue.

Inscriptions

recto: none; verso: at bottom left, in graphite, in later hand: 3

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65021370

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