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

The Persian Sibyl

1570s

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The Persian Sibyl

1570s

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 565 x 433 mm. (22 1/4 x 17 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.15168
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: "PERSICHA"; at left, in graphite: [indecipherable in frame]; at right, in graphite: [indecipherable in frame]; at lower right, in graphite: "No. [indecipherable]"

Artist

Giorgio Ghisi

Italian, 1520-1582

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Artist

Michelangelo

Italian, 1475-1564

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