Symbolic Figure (a Sibyl?)

Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 15th to 16th century Italian

16th century

Not on view

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Title: Symbolic Figure (a Sibyl?)
Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 15th to 16th century
Date: 16th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, touched with red chalk and white, on brown gray paper
Dimensions: 10-1/8 x 5-5/8 in. (25.7 x 14.3 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Object Number: 80.3.404
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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