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A Sibyl
(Renaissance Europe )
For more information on this fresco fragment, please see Federico Zeri's 1976 catalogue no. 235, pp. 358-359.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, prior to 1897 [date of acquisition unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 197, as Domenico Beccafumi]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1977-1978 | I, Claudius: Art in the Age of Julio-Claudians. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 9/5/1961 | Treatment | coated; varnish removed or reduced |
Geographies
Italy, Rome (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Painted surface Diam: 23 3/4 x Approx. D including auxiliary fabric: 1/16 in. (60.3 x 0.2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.435