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Object Type
print
Museum number
1874,0808.1579
Description
Two standing Sibyls, one holding a scroll and the other a tablet; after Polidoro. c.1592 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Hendrik Goltzius
After:
Polidoro da Caravaggio
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1592
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
245 millimetres
(damaged corners)
Width:
161 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For other impressions see V,8.81 and 1874,0808.1579.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(323)
(Hendrick Goltzius)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(304)
Hirschmann 1921 / Hendrik Goltzius, Verzeichnis des graphischen Werkes
(304)
Strauss 1977 / Hendrik Goltzius: the complete engravings and woodcuts
(297)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(III.77.248)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
sibyl
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Charles Francis Arnold Howard, 5th Earl of Wicklow
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Hugh Howard
Acquisition date
1874
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1874,0808.1579