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Delphica

ca. 1570-1573
16th century
557 x 436 mm (21.9 x 17.2 in.)

Giorgio Ghisi, Italian, (1520–1582)
After Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian, (1475–1564)

Alternative title: The Delphic Sibyl

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Engraving

State: Third of four states

Print impression quality: Very fine

Series: from set of six engravings Prophets and Sibyls from the Sistine Ceiling

Marks: Signed in plate, along bottom: monogram and date

Marks: Watermark: Anchor in circle, Briquet 493

Provenance / Collectors' Marks: Paul Davidsohn (Lugt 654); Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler (Lugt 2529)

Bibliography: Bartsch 17; Boorsch 49 iiia/iv; Bernardine Barnes, Michelangelo in Print: Reproductions as Response in the Sixteenth Century (Ashgate, 2010), pp. 38–40, 42–43, 172, on the set of Prophets and Sibyls.

Credit Line: Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1973

Accession Number: 1973.37.2.1

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This object has the following keywords:

Bible, New Testament, prophets*, religions, religious art*

Bible
New Testament
prophets - Those who foretell future events, especially divinely inspired revelations. WCOL9 [December 1992 alternate term added. December 1990 descriptor added.]
religions
religious art - Use broadly for art depicting religious subjects or for art used in worship. [September 1993 descriptor added.]

Dimensions

plate Dimensions: 557 x 436 mm (21.9 x 17.2 in.)

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Giorgio Ghisi, Italian, (1520–1582) Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian, (1475–1564) . Delphica, ca. 1570-1573. From Prophets and Sibyls from the Sistine Ceiling. Engraving. Third of four states. plate : 557 x 436 mm (21.9 x 17.2 in.). DAC accession number 1973.37.2.1. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1973. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: M. Johnston) .

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