A Sibyl Holding a Scroll (Study for the Cimmerian Sibyl), 1638, Pen and dark brown ink, sheet: 7 13/16 x 5 7/8 in. (19.8 x 15 cm), Drawings, Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian, Cento 1591–1666 Bologna), Like other Sibyls of the ancient world, the Cimmerian Sibyl - whose real name was Carmentis - was venerated as the great prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle at Cimmerium in Italy, near Lake Avernus
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Sibyl Holding, Scroll, Study, Cimmerian Sibyl, 1638, Pen, dark brown ink, sheet, 7 13/16 x 5 7/8, 19.8 15 cm, Drawings, Guercino, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Italian, Cento, 1591–1666, Bologna, Sibyls, ancient world, real name, Carmentis, venerated, great prophetic priestess, presiding, Apollonian Oracle, Cimmerium, Italy, Lake Avernus
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