Study of a Sibyl, after Raphael | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1945.22
People: Georges Pierre Seurat, French (Paris 1859 - 1891 Paris)
after Raphael, Italian (Urbino, Italy 1483 - 1520 Rome, Italy)
Title: Study of a Sibyl, after Raphael
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Bust of a Man with Extended Arms, after Raphael
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1878
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/297517

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Graphite on dark cream laid paper, laid down to off-white wove paper (platemark on secondary support)
Dimensions: 22.5 × 30.7 cm (8 7/8 × 12 1/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of John Rewald in memory of Félix Fénéon
Accession Year: 1945
Object Number: 1945.22
Division: European and American Art
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Publication History

Seurat, Paintings and Drawings, exh. cat., University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL, 1958), no. 8
Erich Franz and Bernd Growe, Georges Seurat: Zeichnungen, exh. cat., Prestel Verlag (Munich, 1983), p. 53, fig. 4

Exhibition History

Seurat Paintings and Drawings, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 01/16/1958 - 03/07/1958; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 03/24/1958 - 05/11/1958

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