The Cumaean Sibyl delivering the Oracles
(c. 1741)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
53.7 × 82.1 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by Primmy and Charles Bright, Founder Benefactors, 2001
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Accession Number
2001.179
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology Sites
Subjects (specific)
arches Cuma (deserted settlement) divination priestesses prophets ruins sibyls women (female humans)
Movements
Baroque
Frame
Reproduction, 2002
Frame
Panini’s The Cumaean Sibyl delivering the Oracles, c.1741, was acquired in 2001 with an ornate reproduction Louis XV style frame (above).
The decision to replace the frame was based in the knowledge that the framing of paintings by Panini is well documented in his own works.
Commonly the paintings are framed in Salvator Rosa frames, an Italian style similar to the Carlo Maratta frames popular in England in the eighteenth century.
Montages of the painting in variations of the Rosa frame were developed.
Of the variations proposed, one with a fluted top edge was selected.
The frame, hand carved, gilded and distressed, was built in London at the same time as the frame for Reynolds Miss Susanna Gale.
The frame arrived in February 2002 and was fitted to the painting (top).
Frame Details
Framemaker
Reproduction - commissioned by the NGV
Date
2002