GOSSART, Jan
(b. ca. 1478, Maubeuge, d. 1532, Middelburg)

Emperor Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl

1503-09
Pen and black ink, 339 x 278 mm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Of all his early drawings this sheet stands out as Gossart's best, and certainly his most ambitious. It can be assumed to have been made as an autonomous work.