A Standing Sibyl with a Scroll

mid 1550s

Luca Cambiaso

Associated Names
Luca Cambiaso

Artist, Genoese, 1527 - 1585

The image shows a full-length drawing of a stylized person with unique facial features and hair. The individual is depicted tilting slightly, with swirling lines around them that could represent clouds. The person is dressed in flowing clothing holding a long, slender object, possibly a quill, and a sheet of paper. The background consists of swirling lines resembling clouds or fabric on a plain parchment.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Richard Cosway, London (1740-1821) (Lugt 629); Jean Cantacuzène [1863-1934], Bucharest (Lugt 4030); Hone Collection, New York; (Schaeffer Galleries, New York); Lillian Sapirstein, New York, 1970; Private Collection, New York; (Richard A. Berman, New York); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1992

  • European Drawings from the Collection of Lillian Sapirstein, The Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, College of Fine Arts, The University of Texas at Austin, 1992, n.p.

Bibliography

2006

  • Bober, Jonathan, et al. Luca Cambiaso, 1527 - 1585. Milan, 2006, 252, under nos. 21a and 21b.

2007

  • Boccardo, Piero, Franco Boggero, Clario De Fabio, Lauro Magnani, and Jonathan Bober. Luca Cambiaso: un maestro del Cinquecento europeo. Milan, 2007: 369, under no. 14.

2017

  • Bober, Jonathan. "Luca Cambiaso, A Standing Sibyl with a Scroll." National Gallery of Art Bulletin no. 56 (Spring 2017): 26-27 (color).

Wikidata ID

Q64594058

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