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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 9577908, member: 5833&quot;]Well, you&#039;re all in now.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Persian Sibyl by Guercino:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]461713[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>You can find the same painting attributed to Benedetto Gennari, but I think Guercino is probably correct.&nbsp; Both artists did sibyls from various places.</p><p><br /></p><p>What you have is the impression made by an intaglio.&nbsp; Here it is a bit more crisply:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]461712[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I would attempt to clean plaster very, very gingerly, probably starting with an eraser.&nbsp; If no help there, might spot test with toothpaste.&nbsp; This is one case where a whitening type product might be useful.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can you provide a link to the source naming the artist as&nbsp; Angelica Kauf...&nbsp; Never mind, think I found it.&nbsp; This one?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://artvee.com/dl/a-sybil/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://artvee.com/dl/a-sybil/" rel="nofollow">https://artvee.com/dl/a-sybil/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Angelica Kauffman did this self portrait to meet the requirements for admission to the Academia San Luca:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]461714[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The anchor she is leaning on, hard to make out in this pic, supports the title the painting is known by, <i>Speranza</i>, <a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/allegorical/anchor-of-hope" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/allegorical/anchor-of-hope" rel="nofollow">Hope</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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