print;
album
- Museum number
- 1889,0816.4.16
- Title
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Object: Sibylla Aegyptia
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Series: The Sibyls
- Description
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Plate 12: Egyptian sibyl; seen fron the front, with head inclined to the right; she wears a wide-brimmed hat, holds a sceptre in her left hand and an open open in her right hand; composition placed in a circle; the circular margin is lettered with Latin text; in the corners of the square frame encasing the circle are flowers on a cross-hatched background; around this square is a decorative border with floral flourishes; below the image, a cartouche, with a decorative border, containing four lines of Latin verse; copy after Crispijn de Passe. 1601-1612
Engraving
- Production date
- 1601-1612
- Dimensions
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Height: 178 millimetres
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Width: 124 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See the curator's comment for 1889,0816.4.1, for information on this series and 1889,0816.3.1 for information on the album containing the set. For impressions from the original set by Crispijn de Passe, see 1875,0710.307-320.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1889
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1889,0816.4.16