Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl

1570s Sheet: 27 x 39.7 cm (10 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.) Source image
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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...

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