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The Cumaean Sibyl

Sistine Chapel ceiling. The Cumaean Sibyl of Virgil's fourth Eclogue — her massive frame bent over a book, read medievally as a prophecy of Christ's coming.

The Cumaean Sibyl
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Depicted passages

Isaiah 11:1-2Primary
Portrait of Michelangelo Buonarroti

About Michelangelo Buonarroti

1475–1564 · Italian

Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome

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