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Giorgio Ghisi|Michelangelo Buonarroti|Nicolaus van Aelst

The Persian Sibyl, from "Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel"

1570–75
Engraving; second state of three (BLL)
57.5 × 43.4 cm (22.6 × 17.1 in)

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