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Style of Carlo Cignani (Bologna 1628- Forlì
1719)
Head of a Sibyl c.1690-1730
Oil on canvas | 67.5 x 51.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 406130
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The female figure has been described as a Sibyl (or prophetess). She is shown bust-length, facing half to the right but with her head turned half to the left. With her left hand she is clasping a yellow mantle around her shoulders. The picture may be a companion to the Head of a Youth (RCIN 406131); both works seems too feeble to be by Cignani himself.
Provenance
This and RCIN 406131 possibly the 'Two Heads...by Carlo Cignani' acquired in Rome for George III by Richard Dalton; probably the paintings recorded in the Gallery at Windsor Castle in 1792 and certainly there in the Queen's Private Waiting Room in 1813
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
67.5 x 51.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
81.0 x 64.2 x 4.5 cm (frame, external)
