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Sibyl in the Clouds

A work made of pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper, squared in red chalk, tipped onto ivory laid paper.
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  • A work made of pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper, squared in red chalk, tipped onto ivory laid paper.

Date:

after 1570

Artist:

After Luca Cambiaso
Italian, 1527-1585

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Luca Cambiaso

Title

Sibyl in the Clouds

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1568–1572

Medium

Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper, squared in red chalk, tipped onto ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, lower right on mount, in pen and brown ink: "L: Cangiasio"; inscribed verso, lower center on mount, in graphite: "Female Figure Reading / Cangiagio"

Dimensions

33.7 × 26.2 cm (13 5/16 × 10 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.572

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