The Libyan Sibyl (Guercino)

1651 painting by Guercino

The Libyan Sibyl

Year	1651
Medium	oil paint, canvas
Dimensions	116.3 cm (45.8 in) × 96.5 cm (38.0 in)
Location	Buckingham Palace
Collection	Royal Collection
Accession No.	RCIN 405340
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The Libyan Sibyl is a 1651 oil on canvas painting by Guercino. It is now in the Royal Collection, in which it was first recorded in 1790, though it had probably been purchased in Italy by Richard Dalton for George III in the early 1760s.

History

It and The Samian Sibyl (private collection) were produced as a pair for 120 ducatoni for Ippolito Cattani (or Cattanio) of Bologna, with payment made on 4 December 1651. A studio replica of the latter re-emerged into the written record in 1777, when it was bought by Leopold, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

References

^ "Catalogue entry".
Lucy Whitaker, Martin Clayton and Aislinn Loconte, The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection: Renaissance and Baroque, London, 2007

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Paintings	Saint Joseph's Dream (c. 1600–1650) Moonlit Landscape (c. 1616) Country Concert (c. 1617) Et in Arcadia ego (c. 1618–1622) The Raising of Lazarus (1619) Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph (1620) Saint Matthew and the Angel (1621–1622) Assumption (c. 1623) The Burial of St. Petronilla (c. 1623) The Death of Dido (1631) Venus, Cupid and Mars (1633) Cato of Utica Bidding Farewell to his Son (1635) Allegory of Painting and Sculpture (1637) Saint Jerome (c. 1640–1650) The Suicide of Cato (1641) Hersilia Separating Romulus and Tatius (1645) Annunciation (1646) Circumcision of Christ (1646) Christ Crowned with Thorns (1647) The Persian Sibyl (1647) The Dying Cleopatra (c. 1648) Susannah and the Elders (1650) The Libyan Sibyl (1651) The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine (1653) Samson and Delilah (1654) Abraham Casting out Hagar and Ishmael (1657)

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Paintings

Saint Joseph's Dream (c. 1600–1650)
Moonlit Landscape (c. 1616)
Country Concert (c. 1617)
Et in Arcadia ego (c. 1618–1622)
The Raising of Lazarus (1619)
Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph (1620)
Saint Matthew and the Angel (1621–1622)
Assumption (c. 1623)
The Burial of St. Petronilla (c. 1623)
The Death of Dido (1631)
Venus, Cupid and Mars (1633)
Cato of Utica Bidding Farewell to his Son (1635)
Allegory of Painting and Sculpture (1637)
Saint Jerome (c. 1640–1650)
The Suicide of Cato (1641)
Hersilia Separating Romulus and Tatius (1645)
Annunciation (1646)
Circumcision of Christ (1646)
Christ Crowned with Thorns (1647)
The Persian Sibyl (1647)
The Dying Cleopatra (c. 1648)
Susannah and the Elders (1650)
The Libyan Sibyl (1651)
The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine (1653)
Samson and Delilah (1654)
Abraham Casting out Hagar and Ishmael (1657)

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