Sibyls & Ceilings

Prophets and sibyls, copied from the great ceilings.

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Modern Rome

Giovanni Paolo Panini · 1757

Design for the Tomb of Pope Julius II della Rovere

Michelangelo · 1505–6

Design Fragment for the Left Side of the 'Fonte Gaia' in Siena

Jacopo della Quercia · 1415–16

Portion of the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel with the Libyan Sibyl, Prophet Daniel, Jesse, David, and Solomon, from Sibyls and Prophets from the Sistine Chapel Vaults

Michelangelo Buonarroti · Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia) · 1577 (republished in 1628)

The Cumaean Sibyl (after Michelangelo)

Michelangelo Buonarroti · Jean Robert Ango · 1767

An allegorical scene showing the benefits of James' reign at center, Wise Government trampling Rebellion at right, and Liberty trampling Avarice at left

James I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland · Peter Paul Rubens · Simon Gribelin II · 1720

The apotheosis of James I in an oval at center, friezes with putti and garlands on either side

James I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland · Peter Paul Rubens · Simon Gribelin II · 1720

Saint John the Evangelist

Domenichino · after 1627

Saint Mark

Domenichino · after 1627

Saint Matthew

Domenichino · after 1627

Saint Luke

Domenichino · after 1627

Design for Title page: Clio Taking Dictation from Minerva

Gerard de Lairesse · n.d.

The Emblem

Michael Wolgemut · 1493

The Four Evangelists, within a Border of Flowers, Birds, and Insects

Giulio Clovio · 1572

Study

James Thornhill · c. 1719

Bath House from Hyperotomachie ou discours du son gede Poliphile, plate 69 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century

Jean Goujon · 1554, assembled into portfolio 1937

Staircase at the Palace of Voorst in Holland

Daniel Marot · c. 1700–18

Apollo, from Livre de Portieres

Claude Gillot · published 1737

Title page to Symbola varia diversorum

Aegidius Sadeler · 1602

Genealogical Tree of the Austrian Royal Family, plate 32 from Casperius Gevartius, Pompa Introitus Honori Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi (Triumphal Entry of the Most Serene and Honorable Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand)

Théodore Thulden · 1642