Draft:Sibyl of Delphi or Delphic Sibyl
| Sibyl of Delphi | |
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| Artist | Michelangelo |
| Year | 1508-1510 |
| Type | Mythological Painting |
| Movement | High Renaissance |
| Dimensions | 350 cm × 380 cm (140 in × 150 in) |
| Location | Sixtine Chapel, Vatican City |
| 41°54′11″N 12°27′16″E | |
Sibyl of Delphi or Delphic Sibyl is a fresco painted by Michelangelo around 1508-1510, and it a part of the masterpiece on the the ceiling of the Sixtine Chapel, in the Vatican Museum in Roma, ordered by Jules II.
History
[edit]Michelangelo began to paint the vault's spans, beginning near the door used for the pontiff solemn entry and his close circle in the Chapel, to finish by the spans above the altar. The Sybil of Delphi, which is located in the first spans from the door, is one of the figure of the first phase of construction complete in 1510.
Description and style
[edit]The Sibyl of Delphi is part of the Seer series, on large architectural thrones place on
Behind her, on the left, one of her assistant read a book and the other one his holding it.
Posterity
[edit]Italian singer Jovanotti have this figure tattoo on his right-arm.
Galery
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Detail of the two assistants. -
Detail of the figure -
The panel before its restoration.
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