De Perzische Sibille, Giorgio Ghisi, after Michelangelo, 1540

Title(s)

De Perzische Sibille
Schilderingen in de lunetten boven de ramen in de Sixtijnse Kapel (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-36.276

Catalogue reference

• The Illustrated Bartsch 19-2(2)
• Bartsch 19
• Bellini (Ghisi) 17-2(3)
• Lewis&Lewis 47-2(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Een lunet met de Perzische Sibille met een boek en naakte figuren.

Artist

• print maker: Giorgio Ghisi (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Michelangelo
• publisher: Nicolaus van Aelst (mentioned on object)

Place

print maker: Italy
after design by: Vaticaanstad
publisher: Rome

Dating

1540

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 558 mm × width 425 mm

What

• Persian sibyl
• sibyls

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• L'opera incisa di Giorgio Ghisi, Paolo Bellini, p. 85-86, cat.nr. 17
• Italian artists of the sixteenth century, Suzanne Boorsch, dl. 31, p. 55, cat.nr. 19
• The engravings of Giorgio Ghisi, Michal Lewis, p. 159, cat.nr. 47
• Le peintre graveur, Adam von, 1757-1821 Bartsch, dl. 15, p. 393, cat.nr. 19