The Agrippan Sibyl

Attributed to: Francesco Rosselli (Italian, 1448–before 1513)
Or School of: Francesco Rosselli (Italian, 1448–before 1513)

about 1480–1500

Medium/Technique Engraving (broad manner)

Dimensions Sheet: 17.8 x 10.5 cm (7 x 4 1/8 in.)(trimmed on or slightly within the platemark)

Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Accession NumberP956

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hind C.II.12B.II or .III (Second Plate); Bartsch XIII, 98 (Anonymous Italian Masters) 32 (copy); Illustrated Bartsch (Rosselli) 2404.059, ii/ii (see Note)

DescriptionThis print is Hind C.II.12B.II or .III (Second Plate), and a copy of Bartsch 98. Although the editor of the Illustrated Bartsch Commentary volume admits that the print is an entirely different plate from 2404.059, he has chosen to refer to it as a second state of 2404.059 "for the sake of convenience." He considers it to be likely a production of Rosselli's workshop.

Marks Verso of backing sheet, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso of backing sheet, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)

ProvenanceDelissert; Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.