| Sibylle | |
|---|---|
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| Artist | Camille Corot |
| Year | c. 1870 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 81.9 cm× 64.8 cm(32.2 in× 25.5 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| Accession | 29.100.565 |
Sibylle is a 19th-century painting by French artist Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. Done in oil on canvas, the painting portrays a model holding a red rose. The painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.
The painting - better described as a portrait - was painting by Corot circa 1870. The work shares stylistic elements with Portrait of Bindo Altoviti , a portrait that was formerly considered to be a self portrait by Raphael, and the Met's description of Sibylle describes the painting as the "height" of Corot's attempts to replicate Raphael's style. [1]
While the title of the painting implies the subject is a Sibyl, [2] others have disputed this. [3]
The painting was donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1929 as part of the bequest of Louisine Havemeyer. [1]
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