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Sibyl Announcing the Birth of Christ to the Emperor Augustus

1505–71
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Sibyl Announcing the Birth of Christ to the Emperor Augustus
  • Artist: Bartolomeo Neroni (Il Riccio) (Italian, Siena 1505/15–1571 Siena)
  • Date: 1505–71
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and pale brown wash, over black chalk
  • Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 8 1/16in. (26.6 x 20.4cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
  • Object Number: 80.3.147
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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