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Woodcut of Sibyl of Samos looking at an angel holding a cross

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    Woodcut of Sibyl of Samos looking at an angel holding a cross

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    This engraving is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.
    Artwork Title
    Sibilla Samia
    Date
    publication/distribution:  approximately 1550-approximately 1650
    Geography
    publication: Italy
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family
    Markings
    front, top center, black ink : La quarta Sibilla fù di Samo, come scrive il Panuinio: tut / to che il Boißardo, e Lattantio co suida habbiano affernato / altro ordine, Et Eratosthene scrive che nell’ antiche memorie / di quell’ Isola era chinmata Phyto ne fà mentione Eliano; et / Eusebio dice che uisse nella 16. Olimpiade, al tépo. di Numa Po- / pilio. Cedreno la chiama samonea et afferma, che profetizo, reg- /nádo Iosia Re d’Israelle, e che predico un sol Dio, gradißim, e no / generato. La sua Patria sù overo saino nel mar Egeo apreßo la / Tracia, overo quella, ch’ è in faccia della Città d’Epheso. [The Fourth Sibyl of Samo, as the Panuius writes: All that the Boissard, and Lattanzio coincide with the affection of a man, another order, Et Eratosthene writes that in the ancient memories of that Isle was bent Phyto on Elian's mind; Et / Eusebio says he was swimming in the 16th Olympics, the tee. By Numa Popilio. / Cedren calls it Samson and affirms that I prophesy, reign Josiah King of Israel, and that I preach a God alone, gracious, and not / generated. Her homeland, too, I find in the Aegean Sea, the Thrace, over, that which is in the face of the City of Ephesus.]
    front, bottom center, black ink : Dimmi pazza Giudea, che tardi tan(fa?) / Il tuo Dio ri(?)erir. misera e folle / A chegli appresti de púgenti spine, / Corona. C. pe’l suo ver licoré amaro. / Sibilla Samia / Gio. Temini F. [Tell me crazy Israel, why did you do this to your God, Gave him a Crown of Thorns and made him drink bitter drink. / Sibilla Samo / Giovanni Temini F.]
    Contributor
    Compiler: Peter Ehrenthal
    Artist: Giovanni Temini
    Biography
    The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United States. The collection was amassed by Peter Ehrenthal, a Romanian Holocaust survivor, to document the pervasive history of anti-Jewish hatred in Western art, politics and popular culture. It includes crude folk art as well as pieces created by Europe's finest craftsmen, prints and periodical illustrations, posters, paintings, decorative art, and toys and everyday household items decorated with depictions of stereotypical Jewish figures.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Italian
    Classification
    Art
    Category
    Prints
    Object Type
    Wood-engraving (lcsh)
    Physical Description
    Woodcut in black ink on paper of a woman seated in right profile behind a table bearing a crown of thorns and looking up at small, winged man crowned by light rays and holding a cross in the clouds. Her right arm rests on the table, the hand raised in a gesture as her left hand loosely holds a scroll near her heart. Her full lips are set, her eyebrows are raised, and she wears a headscarf wrapped like a turban with a patterned cloak fastened at her neck. The shaded background is crosshatched. The central image is framed by thin geometric borders flanking a wide center band depicting a bountiful harvest and many small animals. Italian captions framed by scrollwork are centered at the top and bottom. There are handwritten markings on the back.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 16.625 inches (42.228 cm) | Width: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, ink
    Inscription
    back, top left, pencil : 1587 / 2 – 50 / Temini Gio
    back, bottom left, pencil : TEMINI GIOVANNI (ATIJO MANTOUA?) VENEZIA 1620 – 50 / CV MATT 360

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    No restrictions on access
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The engraving was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Special Collection
    Katz Ehrenthal Collection
    Record last modified:
    2022-07-28 18:30:32
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