Sibilla Libica

between 1624 and 1625

Jacques Stella, Artist Paul Maupin, Artist

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About the Artwork

Title Sibilla Libica

Artwork Date between 1624 and 1625

Makers Jacques Stella (Artist) French, 1596-1657 Paul Maupin (Artist) French, 1553-1647

Medium Woodcut printed in black ink with gray watercolor on off-white laid paper

Dimensions Block and sheet: 12 1/8 × 7 5/8 inches (30.8 × 19.4 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Museum Purchase, Charles L. Freer Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2008.62

Markings

Inscriptions Inscribed,on block, upper edge of image: SIBILLA SIBKA Inscribed, lower edge of image: TENEBITVR IN TREMIO VIRGINIS 2 Inscribed, in pencil, verso: [illegible notations]

Marks Mark, in violet ink, lower center: concentric "OCE" [unidentified, not recored by Lugt] Mark, in red ink, verso, in rectangle: superimposed "OSL" [mark of Lucia Simonetti, Rome (second half XX century), not recorded by Lugt]

Provenance

2008-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Reed, Sue Welsh et al. French Prints from the Age of the Musketeers. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, 1998, cat. no. 90, pp. 172-173.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Paul Maupin; after Jacques Stella, Sibilla Libica, between 1624 and 1625, woodcut printed in black ink with gray watercolor on off-white laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Charles L. Freer Fund, 2008.62.