Two Sybils

Work on Paper

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Two Sybils

Entry/Object ID

2007.47

Description

2 classically garbed sybils stand in front of a dark background, one in profile and the other looking out. They hold scrolls and a tablet.

Artwork Details

Medium

Engraving

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul University, gift of Jeffrey Brown

Made/Created

Artist

Goltzius, Hendrick

Date made

circa 1592

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

B recto

Transcription

Due Sybille Rome extra Portam S. Angeli, a Polidoro quondam depicte et lucide et sumbose nunc recens ab (illeg.) ibidem et Chalographa arte sculpte

Type

Label

Location

frame verso

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

WORKS ON PAPER

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image

Width

6-1/2 in

Length

9-1/2 in

Dimension Description

frame

Width

14.125 cm

Length

17-1/4 in