The Prophet Ezekiel; from the series of Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel, 1570–75, Engraving, sheet: 22 1/8 x 17 1/8 in. (56.2 x 43.5 cm) within borderline, Prints, Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantua ca. 1520–1582 Mantua), After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Nicolaus van Aelst (Flemish, Brussels 1526–1613 Rome), As explained by Boorsch (in Boorsch, Lewis and Lewis 1985, p. 164) the dates of 1540 and 1549 engraved on some of the plates from the series is false. The plates should rather be dated to the early 1570s
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Prophet Ezekiel, series, Prophets, Sibyls, Sistine Chapel, 1570–75, Engraving, sheet, 22 1/8 x 17 1/8, 56.2 43.5 cm, within borderline, Prints, Giorgio Ghisi, Italian, Mantua ca., 1520–1582, Mantua, After Michelangelo Buonarroti, Caprese, 1475–1564, Rome, Nicolaus van Aelst, Flemish, Brussels, 1526–1613, explained, Boorsch, Lewis, Lewis 1985, p, 164, dates, 1540, 1549 engraved, plates, false, plates should, dated, early 1570s
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