The Persian Sibyl

Details

ANGELICA KAUFFMAN, R.A. (CHUR, GRAUBÜNDEN 1741-1807 ROME)
The Persian Sibyl
signed and dated 'Angelica Kauffmann / Pinx. 1775.' (center right, on the edge of the book)
oil on canvas
49 ¼ x 37 ¼ in. (125.7 x 94.7 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 31 January 2014, lot 443, where acquired by the present owner.

Literature

B. Baumgärtel, Angelika Kauffmann Research Project, https://www.angelika-kauffmann.de/en/oil-paintings/, fig. 23.

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Lot Essay

This work is after Guercino's Persian Sibyl, painted in 1647, now in the Musei Capitolini, Rome (inv. no. 146), where it has been since the museum was established in 1750 (then the Museo del Campidoglio). While this painting is dated to 1775, Kauffman would have seen Guercino's composition during her time in Rome from 1758-1766, where she received her early training as a painter, studied classical art, and began her career as a history painter.

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