Galle, Philips (1537-1612) and Galle, Joannes (1600-1676) after Blocklandt, Anthonie van (1533-1583)

SIBYLLA LIBYCA (Ten Sibyls)

The Libyan Sibyl under a tree, hilly landscape in the background. Signed at the bottom right of center:'Antonius Bloclandt Inuent. / Philip. Gall. fe.', numbered on the bottom left:'2'; title in lower margin:'SIBYLLA LIBYCA:' and four Latin verses in two columns:'Discutiet tenebras... hic miseris conferet auxilium'; titled above in the sky:'SIB. LIBYCA' l Engraving on paper with broad margins; platemark: 290 x 210 mm, total: 343 x 248 mm; state II although in Hollstein only one state known, before lettering in the sky, hatchings remodelled; small stain in the sky otherwise in great conditions;

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Book number: 60368

Catalogue: (general) Allegory History prints Mythologie