Sibyls (Raphael)

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Sibyls
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Artist Raphael
Year1514
TypeFresco
LocationSanta Maria della Pace, Rome

The Sibyls, or Sibyls receiving instruction from Angels, is a painting by the Italian renaissance artist Raphael. It was painted in 1514, as part of a commission Raphael had received from the Sienese banker Agostino Chigi to decorate the interior of Santa Maria della Pace in Rome. [1]

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The painting shows four SibylsCumaean, Persian, Phrygian and Tiburtine—accompanied by attendant angels. [2] Art historian Michael Hirst notes a "striking" parallel between the figures of the Sibyls and the practice sketches of Michelangelo. [3]

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