Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl, ca. 1420 – 1440

Title

Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl

Draughtsman

• Netherlandish, 14th century
• French, 15th century alternatively

Recto

Prophets and Sibyls ?

Period Produced

• 14th century
• 15th century

School

• Late Gothic
• early Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• iron gall ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish
• French

Production Reason

• study after a drawing?
• pattern sheet
• copy

Captions Added Later

Unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• Tiburtine Sibyl
• Augustus (Roman emperor)

Primary

• 11I21 the Tiburtine sibyl and Augustus: the sibyl reveals to the emperor a vision of the Madonna in heaven
• 61B2(+55) historical persons (+ full length portrait)
• 22C3114 rays as nimbus

Historic Attribution

• German, 15th century draughtsman