Eritrean Sibyl

Spanish 17th Century

Associated Names
Spanish 17th Century

Artist

This is an illustration of a figure drawn in ink, depicting a person standing. The person is facing slightly to the side with a gaze directed upwards. The facial features are rendered in fine lines, giving the face a serene expression, framed by hair styled in a bun with a decorative element. The figure is dressed in flowing robes and holding a shield or tablet with inscriptions with both hands. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 14.7 x 10.1 cm (5 13/16 x 4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.85

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lt.-Col. William Stirling of Keir (sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 21 October 1963, part of lot 8 [Seven Sibyls]). (to P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London; inv. D26928); to Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1966 (as Alonso Cano); Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1969

  • Perez Sanchez, Alfonso E. Catálogo de la colección de dibujos del Instituto Jovellanos de Gijón. Madrid, 1969: 143, under no. 337.

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 183 (color).

Inscriptions

by artist, lower left in pen and brown ink: Sibili Eritrea; by artist, lower right in pen and brown ink: [not deciphered]

Wikidata ID

Q64632621

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