1651, Guercino, The Cumaean Sibyl with a Putto -- National Gallery (London)
From the museum label: The Cumaean Sibyl was one of Apollo's priestesses. She foretold the coming of Christ, predicting that he would be born to a Virgin in a stable in Bethlehem and that he would be crucified. The angel holds a stone tablet inscribed, 'O LIGNVM BEATVM IN QVO DEVS EXTENSVS EST' (O blessed wood upon which God was stretched out).
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1651, Guercino, The Cumaean Sibyl with a Putto -- National Gallery (London)
From the museum label: The Cumaean Sibyl was one of Apollo's priestesses. She foretold the coming of Christ, predicting that he would be born to a Virgin in a stable in Bethlehem and that he would be crucified. The angel holds a stone tablet inscribed, 'O LIGNVM BEATVM IN QVO DEVS EXTENSVS EST' (O blessed wood upon which God was stretched out).
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