Giulio Cesare Procaccini (c. 1570-1625)- (attributed )"the Persian Sibyl"

Giulio Cesare Procaccini (c. 1570-1625)- Attributed

Title: The Persian Sibyl

Provenance: From a British collection and also

Lot 40: Attributed to Giulio Cesare Procaccini (Italian, 1574-1625) 23/3/22 Ceffind Cambridge

Lot 362 : Christie's London 9/12/94 1994( Guided at £4000 - £6,000.

https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-giulio-cesare-procaccini-1344212/ ( sold for £4,480 )


Overall dimensions including the frame 100 are 80 cm x 8 cm and the painting itself measuring 80 cm x 60.2 cm

A beautifully painted 17th oil on canvas painting which has been attributed to Giulio Cesare Procaccini.

Giulio Cesare was an Italian painter and sculptor of the early Baroque era in Milan.

Procaccini's earliest training was as a sculptor, and as a young artist he participated in the decoration of the Duomo in Milan.

Later in between 1597 and 1602 he was engaged on the sculptural decoration of the Milanese church of Santa Maria presso San Celso, executing two marble reliefs of the Visitation and the Birth of the Virgin for the facade. Other sculptural projects included work for the Duomo in Cremona in 1597.

He eventually took to painting after 1600 and after establishing a reputation for painting commissioned works for the regional aristocracy Procaccini established as one of the leading Mannerist artists working in Lombardy in the first quarter of the 17th century.


The painting is in excellent restored condition having undergone restoration and lining in recent years with some retouching works apparent when comparing it to the photographs of the painting as catalogued in 1990. Please refer to the auction catalogue photo's.

The tonality is beautiful with deep colours. The later gilt frame suits the painting and s offered as a gift as we cannot insure antique frames for shipping.

Condition report : In restored and lined condition with a slight glossy consistency to the lacquer. The canvas is in good tension.

The painting is executed in oil on a canvas support which has been lined. The texture along the upper edge is a little uneven The paint layer has a network of craquelure , some of which are slightly raised but the paint surface is stable.


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