About the Artwork
The Four Sibyls, Cumana, Persica, Phyrgia, and Tiburtina in the Church of Sta.
1772
Giovanni Volpato (Artist) Italian, 1733-1803 Raphael (Artist) Italian, 1483-1520
Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 10 1/2 × 20 7/8 inches (26.7 × 53 cm) Sheet: 13 5/8 × 22 1/2 inches (34.6 × 57.2 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S1218
This work is in the public domain.
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Inscribed, in plate as part of the image, center: SIBYLLAE QVATVOR | A RAPHAELE SANCIO VRBINATE | ROMAE | IN ECCLESIA S. MARIAE PACIS | DEPICTAE Inscribed, in plate, below image, lower right: Joh. Volpato Sculpsit Romae 1772. Inscribed, in plate, below image across lower margin: [the name of each sibyl and two lines of Latin text for each] Inscribed, upper right: 11
Provenance
July 1886, H.W. Lord
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Giovanni Volpato; after Raphael, The Four Sibyls, Cumana, Persica, Phyrgia, and Tiburtina in the Church of Sta., 1772, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1218.
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