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The Cimmerian Sibyl

Francesco Rosselli (Italian, 1448–before 1513)
about 1470-1480

Medium/Technique Engraving (broad manner)
Dimensions Sheet: 17.7 × 10.4 cm (6 15/16 × 4 1/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Gift of Amory Coolidge
Accession Number43.1355
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hind C.II.04B.I (First Plate), only state; Bartsch XIII, 97 (Anonymous Italian Masters) 24; Illustrated Bartsch (Rosselli) 2404.051, i/ii (actually the only state, as ii/ii is a different plate)
Marks Verso, lower right-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceThomas Jefferson Coolidge (b. 1863 - d. 1912; cf. Lugt 1429), Boston; by descent to his son, Amory Coolidge (b. 1895 - d. 1952), Boston; December 9, 1943, gift of Amory Coolidge to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1943)