The Cumaean Sibyl

Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Copied after: Agostino Veneziano (Italian, about 1490–after 1536)
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)

early 16th–mid 16th century

Medium/Technique Engraving

Dimensions Sheet: 16.9 x 12.9 cm (6 5/8 x 5 1/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Lydia Evans Tunnard in memory of W. G. Russell Allen

Accession Number65.1779

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

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.

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XIV.109.123 (copy)(see Notes)

Marks Verso, bottom left, stamped in black ink, an unidentified collector's mark (not in Lugt); verso, bottom center, stamped in black ink, the mark of Count Gregory Sergeievitch Stroganoff, Rome (died 1910)(Lugt 550); verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt282a)

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)