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The Eritrean Sibyl - Image 1
The Eritrean Sibyl - Image 2
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Giorgio Ghisi and Michelangelo

The Eritrean Sibyl

1570s

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The Eritrean Sibyl

1570s

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 562 x 431 mm. (22 1/8 x 16 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.15170
Susan Dackerman, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'The Pious & the Profane in Renaissance Prints,' September 23, 1998-January 3, 1999.

Inscribed: In plate, at center: "IOANES IACOBVS / DE RVBEIS FORMIS ROMAE"; in plate, at lower center: "MICHAEL ANGELVS INVENT ET PINXIT GEORGIVS MANTVANVS FECIT"; at left, in graphite: [indedipherable 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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