Ghisi, Giorgio (1520-1582); after After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome)

Persicha. (The Persian Sibyl, from Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel). Original engraving.

Rome: Nicolaus van Aelst , circa 1570 (later impression. Engraving on 19th Century thick wove paper.
60.5 x 46cm. ....Right margin creased. Waterstain in lower right quadrant.

References: Boorsch, Lewis and Lewis 159.47.iii; Bellini 1979, p. 136; Bellini 1998, 85.17.iii; Bartsch XV.393.19; TIB 31[15], 55.19
Met Museum: Object Number: 26.70.3(3). Item #51-6336

Price: $450.00