Sibyl
after 1640 | Giovanni Andrea Sirani
Sirani’s Sybil is clearly modelled on the half-length female figures produced by his teacher Guido Reni with little regard for their iconographic identification (Sybil, Artemisia, Lucretia or some other heroine from classical mythology or history). The painting entered the imperial collections as a work by Reni himself; in the nineteenth century, however, it was already tentatively attributed to Giovanni Andrea, or his daughter Elisabetta Sirani (1638–1665).
Sirani’s Sybil is clearly modelled on the half-length female figures produced by his teacher Guido Reni with little regard for their iconographic identification (Sybil, Artemisia, Lucretia or some other heroine from classical mythology or history). The painting entered the imperial collections as a work by Reni himself; in the nineteenth century, however, it was already tentatively attributed to Giovanni Andrea, or his daughter Elisabetta Sirani (1638–1665).
Artist:
Giovanni Andrea Sirani (1610 - 1670 Bologna) DNB
Time:
after 1640
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Italian, Emilian
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
91 cm × 74,5 cm
Framed (gallery frame): 104,7 cm × 88,5 cm × 6,5 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 229
Provenance
1780 acquired in Rome
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