Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Period: 19th century / Associated Places: Napoli, Golfo di / Image Available: Unavailable / Subject Terms: ruins and 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) - YCBA Collections Search Search Results

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Credit Line Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Period 19th century

Associated Places Napoli, Golfo di

Image Available Unavailable

Subject Terms ruins

Subject Terms 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)

1. The Bay of Baiae, Apollo and the Sibyl

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Creator:: Print made by Thomas Abiel Prior, 1809–1886
Date:: 1873
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 27 1/4 × 39 7/8 inches (69.2 × 101.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Bay of Baiae - Apollo and the Sibyl

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Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection