Red chalk drawing of a standing woman in long robes facing a seated youth beside a lyre, with laurel branches at upper right.

Apollo and the Cumean Sibyl, red chalk drawing

A red chalk drawing on cream paper shows a standing woman in flowing robes turning toward a seated, bare-legged youth who holds a lyre in the foreground. A laurel branch spreads across the upper right, and the faint sketched landscape frames the scene.

Artist: Salvator Rosa
Date: n.d.
Medium: Red chalk with graphite additions, on cream laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2098 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1673).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

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