The Cumaean sibyl. Engraving by G. Folo after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.

Romae [Rome] (in platea Pasquinii) : Apud Montagnani

1 print : engraving ; image 29.3 x 23.2 cm, platemark 34.4 x 24.8 cm

Sibylla Cumana Vergilii versibus celebratissima. Romae in aedibus burghesianis adservata. All'ill.ma sig.ra m.sa Girolama Sampieri Lepri amante delle belle arti, Pietro Paolo Montagnani D.D.D. Dom. Zampiere vulgo il Domenichino pinx. Gio. Folo del. et sculp. Romae.

Dedicated to the Marchesa Girolama Sampieri Lepri, whose husband Giovanni Lepri was a creditor of Agnese Colonna (1702-1780), wife of Prince Camillo Borghese (1693-1763), according to Agnese's will of 30 December 1763

Wellcome Collection 11361i

After a painting in the Galleria Borghese, Rome. In this version she holds a scroll of a musical score. In another version, in the Capitoline Museums, Rome, she holds a scroll containing her prophesy