Italian engraver active in Antwerp and France (1520-1582)

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Hercules. Engraving by G. Ghisi after G.B. Bertano.

The school of Athens: a gathering of Greek philosophers disputing with Saint Paul the Apostle. Engraving by G. Ghisi, 1550, after Raphael.

The Erythraean sibyl. Engraving by G. Ghisi, ca. 1540, after Michelangelo.

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Giorgio Ghisi

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The Erythraean sibyl. Engraving by G. Ghisi, ca. 1540, after Michelangelo.

Hercules. Engraving by G. Ghisi after G.B. Bertano.

The school of Athens: a gathering of Greek philosophers disputing with Saint Paul the Apostle. Engraving by G. Ghisi, 1550, after Raphael.