# The Cumaean Sibyl [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DOMENICHINO]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 138 x 103 cm ## Commentary The Cumaean Sibyl c. 1622 Oil on canvas, 138 x 103 cm Pinacoteca Capitolina, Rome This painting is considered part of a group of Sibyls that Domenichino executed with the same general composition starting in the mid-1610s. The prototype is the Cumean Sibyl in the Galleria Borghese in Rome. The girl's idealized but highly sensual beauty seems to be reflected in all the luxurious trappings that surround her. Every last detail of the picture is handled with impeccable care which was, indeed, typical of Domenichino. The Emilian painter was openly inspired by Raphael's work, and in particular his <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/r/raphael/5roma/2/06cecil.html'\)" href="/html/r/raphael/5roma/2/06cecil.html">St Cecilia</a> in Bologna, but rephrased in a manner suitable for a pagan prophetess rather than a Christian saint, with gold-decorated turban, splendid wrap, and gilded chair. ## Related artworks - [A Triumphal Arch of Allegories]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Allegory of Agriculture, Astronomy and Architecture]() - [Apse calotte and antechoir vault]() - [Caritas]() - [Cupola vault]() - [Death of St Cecilia]() - [Diana and her Nymphs \(detail\)]() - [Diana and her Nymphs \(detail\)]() - [Diana and her Nymphs]() - [Doctors and Fathers of the Church]() - [Doctors and Fathers of the Church]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()