Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl
Giuseppe Niccolò Rossigliani, called Niccolò Vicentino
(Italian, active about 1510–1550)
Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)
(Italian, 1503–1540)
early 16th–mid 16th century
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks, in black and three shades of gray-green
DimensionsSheet: 34.5 x 26.3 cm (13 9/16 x 10 3/8 in.)(trimmed into, or slightly inside of, the borderline)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number64.1081
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This print is a copy of the print illustrated in Illustrated Bartsch. Note particularly the differences in the wall behind the column in the upper right corner.
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 23, 1964
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
early 16th–mid 16th century
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th–late 16th century
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
early 16th–mid 16th century