DrawingsItalian16th-17th century

Study of a Seated Sibyl

c. 1579-1582

Artists

Cesare NebbiaArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown and gray wash and black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

16th-17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

21 x 15.4 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/16 in.)

Provenance

[Kate de Rothschild, London], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1975

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