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Giorgio Ghisi
The Delphic Sibylearly 1570s

Not on view
Engraving on cream paper reproducing a Sistine Chapel ceiling section, with a central robed seated figure above a 'DELPHICA' inscription, surrounded by nude figures and architectural arches

Giorgio Ghisi, Michelangelo Buonarroti, The Delphic Sibyl, early 1570s, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Giorgio Ghisi
Italy, Mantua, 1520-1582
After
Michelangelo Buonarroti
1475-1564
Title
The Delphic Sibyl
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
early 1570s
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 22 1/2 × 16 3/4 in. (57.15 × 42.55 cm) Image: 21 7/8 × 16 3/4 in. (55.56 × 42.55 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.209
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.
  • Boorsch, Suzanne; Lewis, Michal; Lewis, R.E. The Engravings of Giorgio Ghisi. New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985