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Study of a Female Head for 'Sibylla Delphica'

Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898)

Cecil French Bequest

Study of a Female Head for 'Sibylla Delphica'

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The Delphic Sibyl was the priestess of Apollo, who guarded the oracle at Delphi. This is a study for the head of the full length 'Sibylla Delphica', now in Manchester Art Gallery. The finished painting, in which Botticelli's influence is apparent in the drapery, is purely decorative, in the Aesthetic style.

Cecil French Bequest

London

Title

Study of a Female Head for 'Sibylla Delphica'

Date

mid-1880s

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 53.3 x W 43.2 cm

Accession number

10

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Cecil French, 1954

Work type

Painting

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Cecil French Bequest

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Edward Burne-Jones

1833–1898

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