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
About the Artist
Agostino Veneziano
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...