R688: Sibylla Erythraea

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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