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The image shows a full-length drawing of a stylized person with unique facial features and hair. The individual is depicted tilting slightly, with swirling lines around them that could represent clouds. The person is dressed in flowing clothing holding a long, slender object, possibly a quill, and a sheet of paper. The background consists of swirling lines resembling clouds or fabric on a plain parchment.
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The image shows a full-length drawing of a stylized person with unique facial features and hair. The individual is depicted tilting slightly, with swirling lines around them that could represent clouds. The person is dressed in flowing clothing holding a long, slender object, possibly a quill, and a sheet of paper. The background consists of swirling lines resembling clouds or fabric on a plain parchment.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Standing Sibyl with a Scroll

Luca Cambiaso

Date
mid 1550s
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 36.8 × 23.5 cm (14 1/2 × 9 1/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2016.75.1
Credit line
Purchased as the Gift of Joan and David Maxwell
Time span
1501 to 1550
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • figure
Provenance

Richard Cosway, London (1740-1821) (Lugt 629); Jean Cantacuzène [1863-1934], Bucharest (Lugt 4030); Hone Collection, New York; (Schaeffer Galleries, New York); Lillian Sapirstein, New York, 1970; Private Collection, New York; (Richard A. Berman, New York); purchased 2016 by NGA.

NGA object ID 206496. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.