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Giorgio Ghisi, Michelangelo

The Delphic Sibyl

1569-1578

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Giorgio Ghisi, Michelangelo

The Delphic Sibyl

1569-1578

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 558 x 432 mm. (21 15/16 x 17 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.15169
From an untitled series of six engravings reproducing six of the twelve Seers (seven Propets and five Sibyls) in pendentives at the lower edges of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512.
The Illustrated Bartsch. Ed. Walter L. Strauss. New York, 1978-present.

Inscribed: In plate, at center: "DELPHICA"; at lower right, in plate: ".G.MF 1540"; at left, in graphite: [indecipherable in frame]; at right, in graphite: [indecipherable in frame]

Artist

Giorgio Ghisi

Italian, 1520-1582
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Artist

Michelangelo

Italian, 1475-1564
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