English:
Title:The Cumaean Sibyl, The Most Celebrated in Verses of Virgil
Engraving by Gio. Folo after Dom. Zampieri, il Domenichino (1581-1641).
Signatures below Engraving :
- Dom. Zampiere vulgo il Domenichino pinx.
[Domenico Zampiere, commonly known as Domenichino, painter]
- Gio. Folo del. et sculp. Romae
[Giovanni Folo, draughtsman and engraver of Rome]
TEXT INSCRIPTIONS:
Principal Latin title :
Sibylla Cumana Virgilii Versibus Celebratissima
[The Cumaean Sibyl, The Most Celebrated in the Verses of Virgil]
Italian subtitle :
All'ill.ma sig.ra m.sa Girolama Sampieri Lepri amante delle belle arti
[To my dear Ms. Girolama Sampieri Lepri, lover of the fine arts]
Latin subtitle :
Romae in aedibus burghesianis adservata
[preserved in the houses of burghers of Rome]
PUBLICATION :
Romae apud Montagnani in Platea Pasquinii
[Rome, by Montagnani in Piazza di Pasquino]
Signature :
Pietro Paolo Montagnani D.D.D.
VARIA
Physical description :
1 print : engraving ; image 29.3 x 23.2 cm, plate mark 34.4 x 24.8 cm
Contributors :
- Domenico Zampieri, il Domenichino (1581-1641) : painter
- Giovanni Folo (1764-1836) : engraver
- Pietro Paolo Montagnani (1740-?) : publisher
Credits :
Dedicated to the Marchesa Girolama Sampieri Lepri, whose husband Giovanni Lepri was a creditor of Agnese Colonna (1702-1780), wife of Prince Camillo Borghese (1693-1763), according to Agnese's will of 30 December 1763
Reproduction note :
After a painting by Domenico Zampieri, il Domenichino, in the Galleria Borghese, Rome. In this version she holds a scroll of a musical score.
In another version, in the Capitoline Museums, Rome, she holds a scroll containing her prophesy
Type/Technique :
Intaglio print
Languages :
Latin, Italian