Print made by unknown artistafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
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)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on mount in graphite, upper left: "R. 843A"
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:
religious and mythological subject | literary theme | landscape | tree | ruins | town | distant view | hill | bay (body of water) | sea | man | woman | sibyl | god | 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) | Metamorphoses
Associated Places:
Italy | Baia | Napoli | Campania | Napoli, Golfo di