# Libyan Sibyl

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## Artwork

- Artist: [STORY, William Wetmore](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/story-william-wetmore-rdb50d1c4976013>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Marble, height 135 x 71 x 116 cm

## Commentary

Oracle in hand, the Libyan Sibyl, eldest of the legendary prophetesses of antiquity, foresees the terrible fate of the African people. This premonition is suggested by the heroic figure&#39;s state of brooding cogitation.

## Related artworks

- [Cleopatra](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/story-william-wetmore-rdb50d1c4976013/cleopatra-re237483fa52a07>)
- [Medea](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/story-william-wetmore-rdb50d1c4976013/medea-r8ec9a5fbfe3b5a>)
- [Medea](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/story-william-wetmore-rdb50d1c4976013/medea-re8d959e79bfb6a>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)