The Libyan Sibyl

ca. 1560–70

Not on view

A. Alberti, D’après Michelangelo, 2015, no.51; B. Barnes, Michelangelo in Print: reproductions as response in the sixteenth century, 2010, p. 192, no.41; La　Sistina riprodotta: gli affreschi di Michelangelo dalle stampe del Cinquecento alle campagne fotografiche Anderson, exh.cat, 1991, p.67, no.16/1.

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Title: The Libyan Sibyl
Artist: Anonymous, Italian
Artist: After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome)
Date: ca. 1560–70
Medium: Engraving; proof (?) with areas of shading indicated by brush and brown wash
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (27.8 × 20.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Drawings and Prints Gifts, 2017
Object Number: 2017.124
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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