The Persian Sibyl, from the series of Prophets and Sibyls Giorgio Ghisi Michelangelo Buonarroti (after) Nicolas van Aelst (publisher)

Artist	Giorgio Ghisi Mantua, 1520 – Mantua, 1582 Michelangelo Buonarroti (after) Caprese, 1475 – Rome, 1564 Nicolas van Aelst (publisher) Brussels, 1526 − Rome, 1613
Culture	Italian
Date	early 1570s
Object type	print
Medium, technique	paper, engraving (second state of three)
Dimensions	565 x 445 mm
Inventory number	25155
Collection	Prints and Drawings
On view	This artwork is not on display

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Signed, dated and inscribed with publisher’s address: ‘G MF 1540/ Nico Van aelst for/Romae’, inscribed on a tablet at center: ‘PERSICHA’, and numbered in pen and brown ink lower left: ’57’

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