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 yellow-buff, light green, olive green, and dark green
DimensionsSheet: 34.9 x 26.2 cm (13 3/4 x 10 5/16 in.)(trimmed on, or into, the borderline)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number64.1082
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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
