Sibyl Seen from the Back, Looking Downward to the Left
c. 1550
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 17.5 × 8.3 cm (6 7/8 × 3 1/4 in.) sheet: 17.7 × 8.4 cm (6 15/16 × 3 5/16 in.), cut within platemark
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Purchased as the Gift of David A. Krol in Memory of his Brother Anthony J. Krol, Jr.
Accession Number
2016.105.1
About the Artist
Lambert Suavius · 1510–1576
Lambert Suavius (c.1510–c.1574/76), whose Flemish family name was Zutman, was born in Liège, in the southern Netherlands. He was the son of an episcopal goldsmith, Henri Zutman, and from his father's craft environment he inherited a training in the precise handling of metal and an appreciation for fine detail work. He became closely associated with his brother-in-law Lambert Lombard, the leading a...