Caption
European Sibyl, Imagini Gentilissime delle dodici Sibille, print, album page, Bust of the European Sibyl. In her left hand she holds an open book and in her right hand a scepter. The depiction is enclosed in a medallion with a Latin inscription around the edge. Below the depiction is a six-line caption in Latin. Surrounded by a frame with flowers, including an iris in the lower left corner. Print is part of an album., number: '51.', printmaker: Pietro Paolo Tozzi, Padua, after print by Crispijn van de Passe (I), after design by Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1601 - 1627, after print by, paper, engraving, gravure, height 207 mm x width 172 mm, flowers, sibyls (with NAME), A detailed black and white engraving shows a circular portrait of a young person with long wavy hair wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a crown of leaves, holding a slender rod and an open book, set inside a bordered oval with decorative text around its edge; the portrait is surrounded by a rectangular frame filled with finely drawn floral motifs along the top, sides, and bottom, including various stylized blossoms, buds, and leaves, and below the portrait there is a rectangular panel containing neatly written cursive script and a decorative flourish, all rendered with fine line shading and crosshatching.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B26_091
License type
Rights managed
Available size
49.3Mb (11.9Mb) / 12.6in x 15.2in / 3779 x 4558 (300dpi)