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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1973.112
People
Unidentified Artist
Previously Bartolommeo Gennari, Italian (1594 - 1661)
After Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri), Italian (Cento, Italy 1591 - 1666 Bologna, Italy)
Title
The Libyan Sybil (after a lost original by Guercino)
Other Titles
Former Title: Sibilla Libia
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
18th century?
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227319

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
98.5 x 77.8 cm (38 3/4 x 30 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: back of stretcher, black ink, typewritten: PROPERTY OF JAMES A. JACKSON / CONESUS NEW YORK 14435 / PHONE LIVONIA / F16 3164

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of James A. Jackson
Accession Year
1973
Object Number
1973.112
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990)

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