Not on display

The 'Cumaean' Sibyl

Oil Painting
mid 19th century (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An oil painting over an engraving after Domenichino's painting of the Cumaean Sibyl (1616-17; Rome, Galleria Borghese).

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThe 'Cumaean' Sibyl
Materials and techniques
Oil on paper laid on canvas
Brief description
Oil Painting, 'The Cumaean Sibyl', Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, mid 19th century
Physical description
An oil painting over an engraving after Domenichino's painting of the Cumaean Sibyl (1616-17; Rome, Galleria Borghese).
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 29.8cm
  • Approx. width: 24.1cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
Credit line
Bequeathed by John Forster
Object history
Bequeathed by John Forster, 1876.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 77
Collection
Accession number
F.6

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Record createdJune 8, 2006
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