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A Sibyl
Giuseppe Maria Moretti (Italian, 1659–1746)
late 17th–early 18th century
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks, in dark gray-green and light brown (the borderline has been strengthened in brown ink)
Dimensions
Sheet: 31.9 x 23.7 cm (12 9/16 x 9 5/16 in.)(trimmed to the borderline)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.619
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Print not listed in Nagler or Le Blanc
Marks
Verso, lower right, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (Lugt 3593)
InscriptionsRecto, lower right, in pen and brown ink, "Agineli / Pitore / Bolongn [sic] / ese" followed by indecipherable initials
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975