Prophets and Sibyls from the Sistine Chapel; The Persian Sybil
Giorgio Ghisi, Italian, 1520 - 1582, after Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian, 1475 - 1564
early 1570s
Engraving on paper
ii/III
Sheet (Irreg.): 22 3/8 × 17 1/2 in. (56.9 × 44.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Purchased through the Class of 1935 Memorial Fund
2005.50.2
Geography/Culture
Europe, Italy
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Classification
Not on view
Inscription
Inscribed, in black ink, below center of image: PERSICHA; inscribed, in black ink, near bottom left corner: G. MF 1540/ Nic uan aelst for./Rome
Course History
ARTH 48.07, Michaelangelo‘s Modernism, Allan Doyle, Spring 2019
Provenance
Robert Dance, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2005.
Catalogue Raisonne
Bartsch 19; Boorsch and Lewis 47
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