The Cumaean Sibyl
Agostino Veneziano
(Italian, about 1490–after 1536)
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)
(Italian, 1483–1520)
early 16th–mid 16th century
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 16.9 x 12.9 cm (6 5/8 x 5 1/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Lydia Evans Tunnard in memory of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number65.1779
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This print is an impression of the print from London used in The Illustrated Bartsch to illustrate Bartsch XIV, 109, 123. The MFA print accession number P1242 is a deceptively similar print, and seems to be by the better hand. P1242 is therefore catalogued as the original of Bartsch 123, and this print is catalogued as the copy.
ProvenanceCount Gregory Sergeievitch Stroganoff, Rome (died 1910)(Lugt 550); William Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; by inheritance to his niece, Lydia Evans Tunnard (Mrs. Christopher Tunnard, b. 1913 - d. 1980), New Haven, CT; 1965, year-end gift of Mrs. Christopher Tunnard to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 15, 1965)
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
late 16th–early 17th century