Giorgio Ghisi
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personItalian, 1520–1582
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Selected Works57

Museum Acquisitions

Art Institute of Chicago
Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus
Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus, 1557
Acquired 2023
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Last Judgment
The Last Judgment, 1540
Acquired 2023
Engraving from ten plates on laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
The Farnese Hercules
The Farnese Hercules, 1577
Acquired 2022
Engraving in black on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
The Fall of Troy and the Escape of Aeneas
The Fall of Troy and the Escape of Aeneas, 1540
Acquired 2014
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara
The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara, 1570
Acquired 2013
Engraving on cream laid paper, state II/II
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Calumny of Apelles
The Calumny of Apelles, 1560
Acquired 2012
engraving
Art Institute of Chicago
The Prophet Joel
The Prophet Joel, 1570
Acquired 1995
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
The Eritrean Sibyl
The Eritrean Sibyl, 1570
Acquired 1995
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Prophet Joel
The Prophet Joel, 1570
Acquired 1990
engraving
Art Institute of Chicago
The Judgment of Paris
The Judgment of Paris, 1555
Acquired 1988
Engraving on cream laid paper
LACMA
Venus and the Rose
Venus and the Rose, 1556
Acquired 1988
Engraving
LACMA
Angelica and Medor
Angelica and Medor, 1570
Acquired 1988
Engraving
LACMA
Victory with Wings
Victory with Wings, 1560
Acquired 1988
Engraving
LACMA
The Fall of Troy and the Escape of Aeneas
The Fall of Troy and the Escape of Aeneas, 1540
Acquired 1988
Engraving
LACMA
Venus and Vulcan at the Forge
Venus and Vulcan at the Forge, 1550
Acquired 1988
Engraving
LACMA
Venus and Vulcan Seated on a Bed
Venus and Vulcan Seated on a Bed, 1550
Acquired 1988
Engraving
LACMA
The Death of Procris
The Death of Procris, 1540
Acquired 1988
Engraving
LACMA
Three Muses and a Putto with a Lyre
Three Muses and a Putto with a Lyre, 1560
Acquired 1988
Engraving
LACMA
Three Muses and a Putto with a Cymbals
Three Muses and a Putto with a Cymbals, 1560
Acquired 1988
Engraving
LACMA
The Calumny of Apelles
The Calumny of Apelles, 1560
Acquired 1988
Engraving
LACMA
Hercules Victorious over the Hydra
Hercules Victorious over the Hydra, 1588
Acquired 1988
Engraving
LACMA
The Delphic Sibyl
The Delphic Sibyl, 1570
Acquired 1988
Engraving
LACMA
Silenus, a Satyr and a Goat
Silenus, a Satyr and a Goat, 1540
Acquired 1988
Engraving
LACMA
The Judgment of Paris
The Judgment of Paris, 1555
Acquired 1988
Engraving
LACMA
Apollo, Pan and a Putto Blowing a Horn
Apollo, Pan and a Putto Blowing a Horn, 1560
Acquired 1988
Engraving

Previous Sales

Rachel Davis Fine Arts
engraving
engraving
$225
Mar 2026
Christie's
Allegory of Sickness
Allegory of Sickness, 1540
$4,247
Mar 2025
Christie's
The Judgment of Paris
The Judgment of Paris, 1555
Sold
Mar 2025
Christie's
Simon deceiving the Trojans (Bartsch 28)
Simon deceiving the Trojans (Bartsch 28)
£1,250 ($2k USD)
Dec 2013
Christie's
An Allegory of Life ('The Dream of Raphael') (B. 67; Lewis 28)
An Allegory of Life ('The Dream of Raphael') (B. 67; Lewis 28)
£16,250 ($21k USD)
Dec 2013
Forum Auctions · Artsy
The Death of Procris, after Giulio Romano
The Death of Procris, after Giulio Romano, 1540
Bidding closed
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For Sale

Hill-Stone, Inc. · Artsy
The Farnese Hercules
The Farnese Hercules, 1570
For sale
Engraving on paper
C. G. Boerner · Artsy
Allegorical Figure Holding a Sphere, after Giulio Romano
Allegorical Figure Holding a Sphere, after Giulio Romano, 1565
For sale
Engraving
Jan Johnson Old Master & Modern Prints · Artsy
The Visitation
The Visitation, 1540
For sale
Engraving on laid paper with watermark Pilgrim in circle with star
Stanza Del Borgo · Artsy
ALLEGORY OF THE HUNT
ALLEGORY OF THE HUNT, 1556
For sale
Engraving
Childs Gallery · Artsy
The Triumph of Bacchus
The Triumph of Bacchus
US$2,500–US$5,000
Engraving
Jan Johnson Old Master & Modern Prints · Artsy
The Visitation, after Francesco Salviati
The Visitation, after Francesco Salviati, 1540
For sale
Engraving
Pia Gallo · Artsy
The Farnese Hercules
The Farnese Hercules, 1570
Sold
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Allegory of Life
Allegory of Life, 1561
For sale
Engraving on laid paper
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Allegory of Sickness
Hammer Museum · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2025.7.2 · engraving on laid paper
UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Hammer Museum. Purchased with funds provided by the Helga K. and Walter Oppenheimer Acquisition Fund.
Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2023.1153 · Engraving on ivory laid paper
Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anon…
The Last Judgment
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2023.46 · Engraving from ten plates on laid paper
Museum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment
The Farnese Hercules
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2022 · Accession 2022.150 · Engraving in black on cream laid paper
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund
The Judgment of Paris
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2018 · Accession 2018.839.108 · Engraving
Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008
The Fall of Troy and the Escape of Aeneas
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2014 · Accession 2014.127 · Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund
The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.682 · Engraving on cream laid paper, state II/II
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Craig Calvert
The Calumny of Apelles
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession 2012.8 · engraving
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Madonna of Loreto, the Virgin lifts a veil above the Child, who lies on a bed and pillow, Joseph stands behind with both hands on his staff
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession 2012.136.542 · Engraving; second state of three
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Hercules, Bacchus, Pan, and another god seated on a cloud under an arch, an oval composition, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Ulysses Gallery (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession 2012.136.109 · Engraving
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Apollo, Neptune, Pluto, and Athena seated on a cloud under an arch, an oval composition, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Ulysses Gallery (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession 2012.136.108 · Engraving
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Juno and two goddesses reclining on clouds with two child figures and fruits at right, an oval composition, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Ulysses Gallery (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession 2012.136.107 · Engraving
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
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death
Giorgio Ghisi dies
Jan 1, 1582
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birth
Giorgio Ghisi born
Jan 1, 1520