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Plaque with Sybila Lvbica (Libyan Sibyl)
1535-1540 (Renaissance)
enameled plaque in a gilt and silvered-copper screen
One of a set of twenty-one plaques. The Libyan Sibyl carries a lighted torch alluding to the illumination of darkness at the advent of the Savior. In late medieval and renaissance iconography she was associated with Jeremias.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Beurdeley Sale, April 9, 1883, no. 9; H. G. Marquand Sale, New York, Janaury 23, 1903, no. 1061.
Geographies
France, Limoges (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 8 15/16 x W: 4 3/16 in. (22.7 x 10.7 cm)
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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44.366B
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Twenty-one Plaques Depicting Prophets, Apostles and Sibyls
ca. 1535-1540 (late Renaissance)