A Sibyl Reading, 1780s

Not on View

Prints engraved in chiaroscuro after original drawings

chiaroscuro woodcut printed from 2 blocks: brown line block and gray-brown tone block on laid paper; laid down on album page

sheet: 35.3 x 24.7 cm (13 7/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
support: 48.7 x 34 cm (19 3/16 x 13 3/8 in.)

Nagler, no. 14, State before letters

1996.9.5

John Skippe (artist) British, 1742 - 1812

Michelangelo (artist after) Florentine, 1475 - 1564

(James Bergquist, New York); purchased by NGA, 1996.

Bergquist, James A., Mr.

1997: Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 123.

1835: Nagler, G.K. Neues allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Baumeister, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, Zeichner, Medailleure, Elfenbeinarbeiter, etc.. 22 vols. Munich: E.A. Fleischmann, no. 14.