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Etching of a standing draped woman reaching toward a seated nude man holding a lyre, with trees and clouds in the background.

Apollo and the Cumean Sibyl, etching after Salvator Rosa

An etching shows a standing draped woman reaching toward a seated, partly nude man who holds a lyre, set against a wooded landscape with clouds. Fine hatched lines model the figures, foliage and sky in a monochrome brown-ink tone on pale paper.

Artist
Salvator Rosa
Date
c. 1780
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
843 × 1305 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1785).
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 Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections