The Samian Sibyl (Unfinished)
Antonio Perfetti, Italian, 1792 - 1872
after Guercino, Italian, 1591 - 1666
1833
Engraving on wove paper
Overall: 13 7/8 × 11 3/8 in. (35.2 × 28.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift in memory of Mrs. Harvey Fisk by her children
PR.974.454
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, on book: SALVE CASTA/SYON PERMUL/TAQUEPASSA/PUELLA/SYBIL SAMIA; inscribed, in graphite, lower left margin: Guercino Inv.t; lower right: Ant.o Perfetti inc
Provenance
Elizabeth Richmond Fisk (1885-1966) [Mrs. Harvey Edward Fisk], Woodstock, Vermont; to her children, Elizabeth Fisk Tyler (1912-1978), Margaretta Fisk Paine (1915-1952); Ursula Fisk Clough (1917-1989), and Anne Fisk Howe (1921-2001), 1966; given to present collection, 1974.
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