1975.48: Study of a Seated Sibyl

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1975.48

People

Cesare Nebbia, Italian (Orvieto, Italy c. 1536 - c. 1614 Orvieto, Italy)

Title

Study of a Seated Sibyl

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1579-1582

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Lazio

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/295574

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink, brown and gray wash and black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

21 x 15.4 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: No watermark was observed when examined by Craigen Bowen, 3/21/2002.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Kate de Rothschild, London], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1975

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund

Accession Year

1975

Object Number

1975.48

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Kate de Rothschild, Kate de Rothschild: Exhibition of Old Master Drawings, exh. cat., Kate de Rothschild (London, England, 1975), cat. no. 30, n.p., repr. on cover of catalogue
• Suzanne Folds McCullagh and Laura Giles, Italian Drawings before 1600 in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago/Princeton University Press (Chicago, IL and Princeton, NJ, 1997), under cat. no. 189, p. 148
• Rhoda Eitel-Porter, "The Oratorio del SS. Crocifisso in Rome Revisited", The Burlington Magazine (London, England, October 2000), vol. CXLII, no. 1171, pp. 613-623, p. 619, repr. fig. 15

Exhibition History

• Exhibition of Old Master Drawings, William Darby's Gallery, London, 06/30/1975 - 07/11/2001

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