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Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl
Marco Angolo del Moro1570s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The Roman Emperor Augustus and the Tiburtine Sybil (a Roman prophetess) embrace in a lush landscape. A 12th-century legend told that Augustus consulted the sybil to ask if he should be deified after his death. He received a vision of the Virgin and Child, depicted above, which swayed him away from his pagan beliefs. Del Moro’s effortless blend of narrative and landscape was typical of works by artists from the region around Venice.
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- Title: Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl
- Creator: Marco Angolo del Moro (Italian, c. 1537–d. after 1586)
- Date Created: 1570s
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 27 x 39.7 cm (10 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.)
- Provenance: James Bergquist, Newton, MA, the Cleveland Museum of Art
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.209
- Medium: Etching with engraving on paper
- Inscriptions: Imprinted in lower center on recto: “Apud Camocium”, Imprinted in lower right on recto: “MARCO A-V-F”, In graphite on verso: “3”
- Fun Fact: The story portrayed in this etching was understood as a turning point from paganism to Christianity during the Roman era.
- Department: Prints
- Culture: Italy, 16th century
- Credit Line: Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
- Collection: Prints
- Accession Number: 2018.209
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