The Persian Sibyl, early 1570s

Not on View

series Title

Prophets and Sibyls

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 56 x 41.6 cm (22 1/16 x 16 3/8 in.)

sheet: 60.2 x 44.1 cm (23 11/16 x 17 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Boorsch/Lewis 1985, no. 47, State ii/iii

Accession Number

1985.57.6

Artists / Makers

Giorgio Ghisi (artist) Italian, 1520 - 1582

Michelangelo (artist after) Florentine, 1475 - 1564

Image Use

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Inscription

center in plate on tablet below sibyl's feet: PERSICHA; Ghisi's monogram and false date, lower left in plate below seated figure: .G.MF.1540 / Nic.o uan aelst for. / Romae; lower left verso in graphite: 7074

Provenance

Earl Spencer (Lugt Supp.2341a)

Associated Names

Artemis Fine Arts Inc.

Bibliography

1802: Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1985: Boorsch, Suzanne and Michal and R.E. Lewis. The Engravings of Giorgio Ghisi. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1985.