The Libyan Sibyl (Guercino)

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The Libyan Sibyl
Guercino (Cento 1591-Bologna 1666) - The Libyan Sibyl - RCIN 405340 - Royal Collection.jpg
Year1651
Medium oil paint, canvas
Dimensions116.3 cm (45.8 in) × 96.5 cm (38.0 in)
Location Buckingham Palace
Collection Royal Collection   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Accession No.RCIN 405340  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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The Libyan Sibyl is a 1651 oil on canvas painting by Guercino. [1] It is now in the Royal Collection, in which it was first recorded in 1790, though it had probably been purchased in Italy by Richard Dalton for George III in the early 1760s. [1]

History

It and The Samian Sibyl (private collection) were produced as a pair for 120 ducatoni for Ippolito Cattani (or Cattanio) of Bologna, with payment made on 4 December 1651. [1] A studio replica of the latter re-emerged into the written record in 1777, when it was bought by Leopold, Grand Duke of Tuscany. [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Catalogue entry".
  2. ↑ Lucy Whitaker, Martin Clayton and Aislinn Loconte, The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection: Renaissance and Baroque, London, 2007
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