id: 315384 accession number: 2018.209 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.209 updated: Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl, 1570s. Marco Angolo del Moro (Italian, c. 1537–d. after 1586). Etching with engraving on paper; sheet: 27 x 39.7 cm (10 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 2018.209 title: Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1570s creation date earliest: 1570 creation date latest: 1579 current location: creditline: Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund copyright: --- culture: Italy, 16th century technique: Etching with engraving on paper department: Prints collection: Prints type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Marco Angolo del Moro (Italian, c. 1537–d. after 1586) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 27 x 39.7 cm (10 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Imprinted in lower center on recto: “Apud Camocium” translation: remark: inscription: Imprinted in lower right on recto: “MARCO A-V-F” translation: remark: inscription: In graphite on verso: “3” translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE James Bergquist, Newton, MA date: footnotes: citations: the Cleveland Museum of Art date: September 4, 2018 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The story portrayed in this etching was understood as a turning point from paganism to Christianity during the Roman era. digital description: 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. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Meyer, Julius, ed. Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon. 3 vols. Leipzig, 1872-1885; Vol 2 page number: p. 41, no. 4, state II/II url: Reed, Sue Welsh, and Richard W. Wallace. Italian Etchers of the Renaissance & Baroque. Boston, Mass: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. page number: p. 35-37 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.209/2018.209_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.209/2018.209_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.209/2018.209_full.tif