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Bartolomeo Neroni

Sibyl Announcing the Birth of Christ to the Emperor Augustus

1505–71
Pen and brown ink, brush and pale brown wash, over black chalk
26.6 × 20.4 cm (10.5 × 8 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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