Portrait of the Erythraean Sibyl writing the prophecy - Bolognese school of th early eighteenth century
Attributable to Giampietro Cavazzoni Zanotti (Paris, 1674 - Bologna, 1765)
oil on canvas
Dimensions: 64 x 50 cm, framed 76 x 63 cm.
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This pleasant painting immortalizes a young Sibyl, presented intent on drawing up her response, with her gaze turned upwards, to evoke the moment in which she will receive divine revelations. According to Greek and Roman mythology, the sibyls were in fact virgins endowed with prophetic virtues inspired by a god, usually Apollo, capable of providing responses and making predictions.
The girl's complexion stands out from a monochrome background, presumably illuminated by the light of a candle. She is dressed in a simple way, with her face framed by the classic turban veil, a typical attribute of these prophetic figures.
She has the adolescent grace of the mythical seers of antiquity, traditionally attributed to them by Bolognese painting, to which the painting belongs for full evidence of style, as if the author intended to rethink the entire iconographic layout of a pictorial subject that in Bologna had been codified on the basis of the celebrated models conceived by the master Guido Reni.
Entering into the detail of the stylistic characteristics, the peculiarities of the Bolognese school are highlighted; the canvas shows strong stylistic and compositional affinities with the works coming from Lorenzo Pasinelli's workshop, so much so that it can be traced back to a painter of his close circle. The typology of the faces, in fact, refers to Pasinelli, who taught a host of valid pupils throughout his very long artistic activity.
The painting, as suggested by an inscription on the back of the frame, could in particular be a valuable addition to the catalog of Giampietro Zanotti Cavazzoni, protagonist of the Bolognese artistic culture of the eighteenth century, a pupil in Lorenzo Pasinelli's workshop, whose influence marked all his production.
The painting is in a good state of conservation, with a beautiful gilded wooden frame.
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