A Sibyl (c.1620). Domenichino (Italian, 1581-1641). Oil on canvas. The Wallace Collection.Pictures o
A Sibyl (c.1620). Domenichino (Italian, 1581-1641). Oil on canvas. The Wallace Collection.Pictures of Sibyls provided Italian baroqueartists with a legitimate excuse to depict beautiful young women in exotic dress. Domenichino painted at least two other Sibyls. The three closely-related works depict richly-attired women with elaborate headdresses. The Wallace picture exhibits greater freedom of touch and is generally considered to be earlier, and to date from around 1620. -- source link
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