Print Description
This print shows a view on the Cumaean Sibyl by Rafael, a study for the Sibyls fresco in Santa Maria. The sibyls were prophetesses or oracles in Ancient Greece. The sibyls prophesied at holy sites. We see an old woman turning around her shoulder. A book is resting on her knees and one foot rests on a globe.
The engravings of the Paradigmata, like those of Francois Perrier, helped disseminate the classical ideal throughout Europe. They were used as paradigms for artists of the period and well beyond.
Made by Jan de Bisschop after Michelangelo Buonarroti.
Medium: Etching / engraving on handlaid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 22 x 36.5 cm (8.66 x 14.37 inch). Image size: 13.8 x 22.5 cm. (5.43 x 8.86 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Brownish edges. Creases. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
GREEK-SYBIL-PROPHETESSE-ORACLE-BOOK-KNOWLEDGE | RBOS-A10-36
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print originates from: “Paradigmata Graphics Variorum Artificum”, published in Amsterdam by Nicolas Visscher, 1671.
Biography engraver: Jan de Bisschop (ca. 1628-1671) engraver of the Dutch school. Bisschop had a law practice in the Hague where he also founded an art school and a publishing house. His influential circle of friends included the mathematician and philosopher Rene Descartes and the artist Constantijn Huygens.
All original engravings bear the monogram “JE” , which denotes “Jan Episcopius, “Epicopius” being the Latinzation of his name which is ‘Bishop’ in English.
Biography artist: Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475?1564) was an Italian painter, sculpturer, architect and poet. This print was also after Raphael and F. Salv.
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