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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R688
People
Giorgio Ghisi, Italian (Mantua 1520 - 1582 Mantua)
After Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian (Caprese, Italy 1475 - 1564 Rome, Italy)
Title
Sibylla Erythraea
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
16th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/244770

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: JWR: no 59 80 no 59
    Angles of the Sistine Chapel 6 pieces
    1st etat very rare
    2nd Etat N van Alst firmer
    in this state Wengel[?] asks $18.00
    They have sold from $6.00 to 331 Francs in the Dubois sale
    H F Sewell's monogram H F Sewell col. N.Y.
    H F. Sewell

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Henry F. Sewall, (1309). This must have been deaccessioned from Sewall collection prior to Randall's death in 1892; written in Randall's hand on verso "H.F. Sewall's monogram," "H.F. Sewall Col. N.Y.," and notation on states and prices of the print.
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iv/v
Standard Reference Number
B. 21, L. 45

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R688
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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