The Cumaean sibyl. Engraving by P. Fontana, 1797, after S. Tofanelli after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.

  • Domenichino, 1581-1641.
Date:
[1797?]
Reference:
16192i
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About this work

Description

Includes an engraved trompe l'oeil border

Publication/Creation

[Rome?] : [publisher not identified], [1797?]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; platemark 46.2 x 34.8 cm

Lettering

Sibylla cumaea e tabula Domenici Zampieri in aedibus burghesianis Romae adservata. Domenicus Zampieri vulgo Domenichino pinxit. Stephanus Tofanelli delineavit. Petrus Fontana venetus sculp. Romae 1797.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 16192i

Reproduction note

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

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