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Portrait of Caterina Balbi Durazzo
Crucified Christ
Charity of St. Lawrence
Sibyl Samia
application
Rape of Proserpina
Bacchus
Fight between Perseus and Phineus
Dead Christ mourned by two angels
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Rape of Proserpina
Adonis
Christ at the column
Dionysus
Bust of Flora
Jupiter and Astrea
The torture of Prometheus
The Triumph of Bacchus
The fame of the Balbi
Putties
Putties
Become a danzanti
Secretary
Mantel clock
The impiety of Niobe
Consol
Night clock
Portrait of Caterina Balbi Durazzo
Crucified Christ
Charity of St. Lawrence
Sibyl Samia
application
Rape of Proserpina
Bacchus
Fight between Perseus and Phineus
Dead Christ mourned by two angels
Portrait of Giovanni Luca Durazzo
Rape of Proserpina
Adonis
Christ at the column
Dionysus
Bust of Flora
Jupiter and Astrea
The torture of Prometheus
The Triumph of Bacchus
The fame of the Balbi
Putties
Putties
Become a danzanti
Secretary
Mantel clock
The impiety of Niobe
Consol
Night clock

Sibyl Samia

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, detto Guercino

Displayed in:

Royal Palace of Genoa

Royal Palace of Genoa

Via Balbi, 10, Genoa

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The young woman depicted is intent on reading an ancient book and stands out against a neutral yet deep, atmospheric background, without any setting detail if one excludes, on the right edge of the picture, the glimpse of a window, an allusion to the light source which therefore remains out of the visual field. The volume is on a table covered with a green cloth and the woman holds her left hand on her chin with an absorbed expression, while resting her elbow on the table. A purple velvet cloak with a blue cuff, fastened by a large pin on the right shoulder, leaves the wide sleeves of a white shirt and an orange robe uncovered. An improvised turban covers her head. The woman, who gathers in herself the qualities of the ancient sorceress, the gypsy, the young common woman, is the Sibyl Samia, as revealed by the inscription on the cut of the book that she holds with her hand on her right hip, one of the twelve that the church Western recognized as prophetesses of the coming of Christ, lived around 700 BC. on the Greek island of Samos.
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Title: Sibyl Samia

Author: Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, detto Guercino

Date: 1652-1653

Technique: Oil painting on canvas

Displayed in: Royal Palace of Genoa

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