Description:

A Very Fine and Large Italian 19th Century Oil on Canvas Painting of "The Cumaean Sibyl" after Domenico Zampieri (aka Domenichino)(Italian, 1581-1641). (Religned) on an intricate rococo gildwood carved frame. Circa: 1850

Canvas Height: 50 1/2 inches (128.3 cm)
Canvas Width: 35 1/2 inches (92 cm)
Frame Height: 62 inches (157.5 cm)
Frame Width: 47 inches (119.4 cm)

Ref.: A1403

The Cumaean Sibyl: "by name Amalthaea, who is termed by some Herophile, or Demophile and they say that she brought nine books to the king Tarquinius Priscus, and asked for them three hundred philippics, and that the king refused so great a price, and derided the madness of the woman; that she, in the sight of the king, burnt three of the books, and demanded the same price for those which were left; that Tarquinias much more considered the woman to be mad; and that when she again, having burnt three other books, persisted in asking the same price, the king was moved, and bought the remaining books for the three hundred pieces of gold: and the number of these books was afterwards increased, after the rebuilding of the Capitol; because they were collected from all cities of Italy and Greece, and especially from those of Erythraea, and were brought to Rome, under the name of whatever Sibyl they were."