The Cumaen Sibyl
Medium
engraving on laid paper, laid down on a mount
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed within platemark): 17 × 12.9 cm (6 11/16 × 5 1/16 in.) mount: 20 × 17.5 cm (7 7/8 × 6 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund
Accession Number
2023.67.5
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Agostino Veneziano · 1490–1536
Agostino Veneziano, born Agostino de' Musi around 1490 in Venice, received his initial artistic training there, though his primary teacher remains unknown. He began as a pupil of Giulio Campagnola, copying prints by Albrecht Dürer and Campagnola himself from about 1512–14, before producing original works in a similar vein. By around 1515, after brief stints in Florence, he settled in Rome and join...