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The Hellespontine Sibyl: 1880.4.21-2

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Hellespontine Sibyl
Sibylla Elispotica
Sibyls and Prophets

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rosselli, Francesco di Lorenzo
Printmaker: Baldini, Baccio (After)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: One of eight prints bought with money from the Engraving Fund at the British Museum duplicates sale and listed in the Syndicate Minutes, 28 May 1880; Duplicate Prints and Etchings, the property of the Trustees of the British Museum (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge), 21 April 1880, lot 5

Legal notes

Bought from the Engraving Fund, 1880.04.21

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1880) by Unknown

Dating

15th Century#
Circa 1480 CE - Circa 1490 CE

Note

Executed in Hind's 'Broad Manner' style. From a set of twenty-four prints, copied from an earlier set in the 'Fine Manner' by Baccio Baldini. Early state.

School or Style

Italian

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1880.4.21-2
Primary reference Number: 129458
Bartsch: 14
Illustrated Bartsch: 14 (94)
Hind (BM Italian): C.II.8Bi
Old location number: 20.G.2.13
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 31 January 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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