Sibyl

Bartolomeo Coriolano or Giuseppe Maria Moretti after Guido Reni

Associated Names
Giuseppe Maria Moretti

Artist, Italian, 1659 - 1746

Bartolomeo Coriolano

Artist, Italian, active 1627/1653

Guido Reni

Artist After, Bolognese, 1575 - 1642

This print depicts a seated woman, with her body partially turned to the right and her face in profile, facing right. She has a long, straight nose, a strong brow, round eyes, and thin lips in a neutral expression, and her wavy hair is styled loosely around her head. She is wearing a draped garment, similar to a toga, which flows elegantly around her and bunches around her arms. The woman is holding a large blank tablet in her left hand, and her right elbow is resting on a piece of furniture. An inkwell with a quill inside it is on a surface next to her, on the right. One of her feet is visible below her garment, resting on what looks like a thick book. Behind her is a plain wall. The print contains thin white and black lines against a pale blue-gray background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2817

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, Vol. 12, p.088, no. 5


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1956

  • Renaissance to Roccoco: A Loan Exhibition of Italian Engravings and Woodcuts, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1956, no cat.

2007

  • The Baroque Woodcut, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007 - 2008

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

Wikidata ID

Q64963012

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