Marble and crystal ball
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Sibylla Fatidica
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1904
actions: postures and motions
adults
astrology
classical myths: gods and heroes
cloak
clothing and personal items
collapse
crystal ball
despair
diseases and conditions
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
female
fortune telling
magic and occultism
nudes
objects
people
religion and belief
religious and ceremonial
Sibyl / Sibylla
sitting
woman
woman, old
sculpture marble crystal ball
Sibylla Fatidica
object: 1625 × 1225 × 1110 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1904
<p><b>N01945</b> SIBYLLA FATIDICA 1904</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘Henry Pegram, Sct. 1904.’ b.l.
<br/>Bianco duro marble, 61×49×38 1/2 (155×124×98), on a shallow plinth of verde mare and with a detachable crystal ball.
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1904.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1904 (1694).
<br/><i>Repr :Royal Academy Pictures</i>, 1904, p.7; M. H. Spielmann, <i>British Sculpture and Sculptors of To-Day</i>, 1901, p.97.</p>
<p>An old sibyl in hooded cloak gazes into a crystal globe held in her left hand, and reads the future to a woman who has fallen across her knees in despair at the decree of the Fates. Round the base are the twelve signs of the zodiac.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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2004-07-16T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults astrology classical myths: gods and heroes cloak clothing and personal items collapse crystal ball despair diseases and conditions emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas female fortune telling magic and occultism nudes objects people religion and belief religious and ceremonial Sibyl / Sibylla sitting woman woman, old