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        "tombstone": "Old Italian Masters: The Delphian Sibyl, 1890. Timothy Cole (American, 1852\u20131931), after Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475\u20131564). Wood engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Walter H. Merriam, 1932.598",
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        "title": "The Delphian Sibyl",
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        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 309879,
                    "title": "The Grand Tour",
                    "description": "<i>The Grand Tour</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15, 1985-February 2, 1986).",
                    "opening_date": "1985-10-15T04:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 340443,
                    "title": "Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance",
                    "description": "<i>Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 13, 2019-February 23, 2020).",
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                "description": "Mrs. Walter H. Merriam, Cleveland Heights, OH",
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                "date": "?-1932",
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                "date": "December 22, 1932",
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        "description": "In the 1800s many artists were inspired by the Italian Renaissance, seeing in it the clarity and classical ideals they valued. Timothy Cole traveled to Europe in 1883 for a commission to engrave images after Italian Renaissance works for an audience in the United States. This wood engraving reproduces one of Michelangelo\u2019s monumental sibyls from the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Cole was celebrated for working directly from the originals. For example, the fine point of the engraving tool allowed Cole to create detail such as the faint fissures running across the Delphian Sibyl\u2019s face and left arm that mimic cracks in the fresco.",
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        "creditline": "Gift of Mrs. Walter H. Merriam",
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        "accession_date": "1932-12-22T00:00:00",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:47:41.901000"
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