A Sibyl

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Dimensionsh x w: Mått 22,7 x 18,5 cm

Inventory numberNMH 1116/1863

AcqusitionTransferred 1866 from Kongl. Museum (Carl Gustaf Tessin)

Other titlesTitel (sv): En sibylla Titel (en): A Sibyl

DescriptionDescription: Watermark: Bird. Numbered at lower right in pen and brown ink: 13 (struck out). Inscribed on the old mount in pen and brown ink: Guerchin, Cabinet de Crozat (Tessin's hand) and numbered: 942 (Sparre) On many separate occasions Guercino produced paintings of Sibyls, the first in the late 1620s as a series of frescoes in the Cathedral of Piacenza. This drawing cannot be associated with a particular painting, though there are certain correspondences in attitude and temperament with the Sibylla Cimmeria of 1638 now in the Credito Emiliano, Reggio Emilia. There is a drawing of a Sibyl in a similar pose in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York [Bjurström, It. Drawings, cat. no. 1560]

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MaterialRed crayon (Crayon), Paper

TechniqueDrawing

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