Title: Sibyl Announcing the Birth of Christ to the Emperor Augustus
Object type: Drawing
Date: 1505–71
Artist:  Bartolomeo Neroni (Il Riccio) 
Artist bio: Italian, Siena 1505/15–1571 Siena
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and pale brown wash, over black chalk
Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 8 1/16in. (26.6 x 20.4cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Emperor Augustus, term: Sibyl, term: Christ, term: Birth