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The Delphic Sibyl

Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520–1582)
After: Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian (Florentine), 1475–1564)
early 1570s

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 56.8 x 43.6 cm (22 3/8 x 17 3/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP1530
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 20; Boorsch and Lewis 49, iiia/iv; Bellini 19, iiia/iv
Marks Verso, left center, in pen and black ink, the mark of William Sharp, Manchester (mid-19th cent.)(Lugt 2650); verso, bottom center, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, bottom left-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceWilliam Sharp, Manchester (mid-19th cent.)(Lugt 2650); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897