PB 282

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 83; Larghezza: 67

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The painting is part of a series of four ‘Sibyls’ purchased in Bologna on behalf of Anton Giulio Brignole-Sale, along with six other paintings, including ‘Christ the Saviour’ and its companion piece, ‘Praying Madonna’. However, Anton Giulio was rather disappointed with the final outcome of the ‘Sibyls’, so much so that his relationship with the art dealer who had arranged the purchase for him soured from that moment on. The four paintings are part of the artist's late work, when, due to his physical and mental condition, he would sketch the canvases and then often leave them to be completed by his collaborators, such as Ercole De Maria and Giovanni Andrea Sirani, whose hand has been recognised in particular in the painting of the Sibyl with the Turban (PB 277). BOCCARDO 2012, pp. 46-48 The painting depicts Sibilla's portrait in the foreground.