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Copy after Michelangelo’s fresco of the ‘Delphic Sibyl’ on the Sistine Chapel vault (Sistine Chapel, Rome, 1511-1512).

Cesari Mariannecci

1867

watercolor

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Impressionism Realism Late 19th Century

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Copy after Michelangelo’s fresco of the ‘Delphic Sibyl’ on the Sistine Chapel vault (Sistine Chapel, Rome, 1511-1512). is a 1867 watercolor by Cesari Mariannecci, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: Cesari Mariannecci
When & what style?: 1867 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

The story of this work

Overview

A watercolour on paperboard made in 1867 by Cesare Mariannecci, this work reproduces Michelangelo’s fresco of the Delphic Sibyl from the Sistine Chapel vault (painted 1511–1512). The sibyl appears as a muscular young woman with long blond hair, seated on a marble throne wearing a green and orange dress, violet mantle, and light blue turban, identified by a plaque marked “Delphica.” Behind her, two nude assistants occupy the right side, one holding a book while the other reads it. The artist signed the work “C. Mariannecci fece. Roma. 1867” in the lower right corner.

Read the full account in the museum source.