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The Eritrean Sibyl; from "Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel"

1570–75
Not on view
As explained by Boorsch (in Boorsch, Lewis and Lewis 1985, p. 164) the dates of 1540 and 1549 engraved on some of the plates from the series is false. The plates should rather be dated to the early 1570s.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Eritrean Sibyl; from "Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel"
  • Series/Portfolio: Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel
  • Artist: Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantua ca. 1520–1582 Mantua)
  • Artist: After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome)
  • Date: 1570–75
  • Medium: Engraving; first state of five
  • Dimensions: Plate: 22 7/16 in. × 17 in. (57 × 43.2 cm)
    Sheet: 22 15/16 × 17 5/16 in. (58.3 × 44 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Goodwin M. Breinin, 1995
  • Object Number: 1995.249
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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