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The Erythrean Sibyl 1525-75
Black chalk | 43.0 x 28.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 990625
After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese 1475-Rome 1564)
The Erythrean Sibyl 1525-75
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A black chalk drawing of the Erythrean Sybil on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Damaged along the upper and right margins.
On the verso (visible in transmitted light), what appears to be a paraph, unidentified (and nothing like the Jabach paraphs).Provenance
Probably among the drawings listed in George III's Inventory A, c. 1800, p. 44, ‘Mich: Angelo Buonaroti’, Vol. 1, ‘41 to 46 Studies for Prophets; Sybills &c. in the Cieling / of the Capella Sistina; at the Vatican’, or p. 46, Vol. 2, ‘15/16/17. Prophets painted on the Curve of the Cieling- in the Sixtine Chapel….Black Chalk.’
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Black chalk
Measurements
43.0 x 28.6 cm (sheet of paper)
