Print made by unknown artist, The Bay of Baiae - Apollo and the Sibyl, between 1852 and 1856
- Title:
- The Bay of Baiae - Apollo and the Sibyl
- Date:
- between 1852 and 1856
- Materials & Techniques:
- Chromolithograph with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on beige card
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 1/2 × 23 1/2 inches (36.8 × 59.7 cm), Mount: 25 3/4 × 33 inches (65.4 × 83.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on mount in graphite, upper left: "R. 843A"
Label on verso: "THE TURNER LEGACY. | Fac-similes in | Lithography and Chromo-lithography | of Water-colour Drawings, | Made expressly from the original pictures and drawings, | in the above collection, the property of the nation. | Published by J. Mc.Queen, 37, Great Marlborough Street, Regent Street, London. | Paris: 22, Rue de Dunkerque. | THE BAY OF BAIÆ, | Painted in 1823"
Lettered inside image, lower left: "LIQUDAE PLACUERE BAIA"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.8413
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bay (body of water) | distant view | god | hill | landscape | literary theme | man | Metamorphoses | religious and mythological subject | ruins | sea | sibyl | the Cumaean Sibyl is granted long life: Apollo grants the Cumaean sibyl as many years as she has grains of sand in her hand. in return for her love (Ovid, Metamorphoses XIV 136) | town | tree | woman
- Associated Places:
- Baia | Campania | Italy | Napoli | Napoli, Golfo di
- Associated People:
- Apollo
Sibyl of Cumae - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31327
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