Seated Sibyl

c. 1690

Bartolomeo Guidobono

Associated Names
Bartolomeo Guidobono

Artist, Genoese, 1654 - 1709

The artwork depicts a person shown from the head down to the feet with their body turned slightly sideways, facing upward. The individual is seated, with one knee raised and arms clasped together on the knee. Their head is tilted back, gazing upwards. The person has a serene facial expression with faint details in the facial features. They are adorned with a wrap or cloth that partially covers their head like a turban, with fabric draping around their body. The clothing is flowing and voluminous, with visible folds and creases indicating a robe-like garment. There is a spiral decorative element near the foot. The background of the image is plain, with subtle shading that lends depth but does not depict any distinct surroundings or setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brush and brown, blue, and gray ink over black chalk and graphite, heightened with white on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 39.2 × 26.8 cm (15 7/16 × 10 9/16 in.)
    framed: 62.23 × 46.99 cm (24 1/2 × 18 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1990.5.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(unidentified)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The Baroque Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 2012

2020

  • A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, 2020, (shown only in Washington, Washington venue canceled).

Bibliography

1987

  • Kunsthandel Bellinger, MEISTERZEICHNUNGEN 1500-1900, Munich, 1987, no.26.

Inscriptions

upper center verso by later hand in graphite: Domenichino; lower right verso in green pencil: 296; lower right verso in graphite: 30 / 395

Wikidata ID

Q64537153

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