The Persian Sibyl

early 1570s

Giorgio Ghisi

Artist, Italian, 1520 - 1582

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • 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.)

  • Accession

    1985.57.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Earl Spencer (Lugt Supp.2341a)

Associated Names

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.

Inscriptions

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

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q74069591

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