Artist
Agostino Veneziano(Italian, c. 1490–after 1536)Italian, c. 1490–after 1536
Artistafter
Raffaello Sanzio(Italian, 1483–1520)Italian, 1483–1520
Artistand
GianFrancesco Penni(Italian, c. 1496–c. 1528)Italian, c. 1496–c. 1528
CultureItalian
Titles
- The Cumaean Sybil
Date1516
MediumEngraving on laid paper, state I/II
DimensionsImage (trimmed within platemark): 6 1/8 × 5 1/16 in. (15.6 × 12.9 cm)
Sheet: 6 3/4 × 5 1/4 in. (17.1 × 13.3 cm)
Sheet: 6 3/4 × 5 1/4 in. (17.1 × 13.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning Print Fund
Object number2016.44
Not on view
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Initialed and dated in printed ink, within plate, bottom right: ·A·V· / ·1516·
Verso: Inscriptions in graphite, lower center: The Sybyl of Cuma’s sand being turned into gold… 1803…73” [cursive]
Verso: Inscriptions in graphite, lower center: The Sybyl of Cuma’s sand being turned into gold… 1803…73” [cursive]
Recto: Initialed and dated in printed ink, within plate, bottom right: ·A·V· / ·1516·
Verso: [none]
Verso: [none]
Recto: Watermark, center right: [Anchor in circle with a star pending (found on early 16th c, paper)]
Verso: Stamp in purple ink, bottom left corner: [possibly spade, unidentified paraphe, 18th]
Verso: Stamp in purple ink, bottom left corner: [possibly spade, unidentified paraphe, 18th]
Catalogue raisonnéBartsch XIV, 109, 123, I/II; before the re-working of the plate and the address of Salamanca; Passavant VI
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