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Giorgio Ghisi|Michelangelo Buonarroti|Nicolaus van Aelst

The Eritrean Sibyl; from the series of Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel

1570–75
Engraving; second state of five (BLL)
55.3 × 43 cm (21.8 × 16.9 in)

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