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A Sibyl
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A Sibyl

Giuseppe Maria Moretti (Italian, 1659–1746)
late 17th–early 18th century
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks, in dark gray-green and light brown (the borderline has been strengthened in brown ink)
DimensionsSheet: 31.9 x 23.7 cm (12 9/16 x 9 5/16 in.)(trimmed to the borderline)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1975.619
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsRecto, lower right, in pen and brown ink, "Agineli / Pitore / Bolongn [sic] / ese" followed by indecipherable initialsProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975