Artwork
Copy after Michelangelo’s fresco of the ‘Delphic Sibyl’ on the Sistine Chapel vault (Sistine Chapel, Rome, 1511-1512).
Copy after Michelangelo’s fresco of the ‘Delphic Sibyl’ on the Sistine Chapel vault (Sistine Chapel, Rome, 1511-1512). is a watercolor work on paper by the Impressionist artist Cesari Mariannecci. It dates from 1867 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. This watercolour painting is a copy of Michelangelo's fresco of the 'Delphic Sibyl' from the Sistine Chapel's vault.
About this work
Overview
This watercolour painting is a copy of Michelangelo's fresco of the 'Delphic Sibyl' from the Sistine Chapel's vault.
Subject & Meaning
The 'Delphic Sibyl' is one of the Old Testament sibyls believed to have foretold significant events, depicted in a fresco by Michelangelo created between 1511 and 1512.
History & Provenance
Cesare Mariannecci was commissioned by the Arundel Society in 1867 to create this copy. The watercolour was later reproduced as a chromolithograph in 1871. It was given to the National Gallery after the Arundel Society dissolved in 1897 and transferred to the V&A in 1993.
Artist & collection
Artist
In the 1860s, Mariannecci spent years hunched over watercolors in Rome, squinting at Raphael’s frescoes until her brush matched their curves.
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