List of sibyl representations in art

This list of sibyl representations in art includes images in the visual arts of sibyls , images and statues of the ancient seers who were considered prophets of Christian God in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The list is sorted by the place name where this image can be found in church buildings, council chambers or other houses. If the representation is now in a museum, the place name for the museum is used for sorting. Thus, the most famous of all Sibyllendarstellungen that of, for example, Michelangelo painted ceiling frescoes of the Sistine Chapel in Rome under the letter V (Vatican) filed, in the council chamber of Goslar to-find Sibyllen under G . Representations in manuscripts and ancient books can be found under the place of publication of the works, e.g. B. the Sibyllendarstellungen in the Nuremberg Chronicle of Nuremberg under N .

A.

• Admont: Admont Abbey Library, library hall, smaller, gilded busts of Sibyls, created by Josef Stammel (1695–1765)

B.

• Berlin: Gemäldegalerie, Bladelin Altar , panel painting of the vision of the Tiburtine Sibyl by Rogier van der Weyden, 1446
• Berlin: Bismarck National Monument, bronze figure of the Tiburtine Sibyl by Reinhold Begas, 1901

D.

• Detroit, USA: Detroit Institute of Arts , The Cumaean Sibyl , by Elihu Vedder , 1876

E.

• Étampes: Tree of the Sibyls in the Notre-Dame-du-Fort church in Étampes , stained glass window, 1550/60

F.

• Frankfurt: Städel Museum, panel of the vision of the Tiburtine Sibyl by the master of the Tiburtine Sibyl, around 1470
• Florence: Uffizi Gallery, Sibylle von Cuma among the frescoes with famous men and women from Villa Carducci by Andrea del Castagno , around 1450

G

• Ghent: St. Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent Altarpiece , panel paintings of Sibyls and Prophets by Jan van Eyck, around 1430
• Genoa: Baroque ceiling fresco in the Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta
• Goslar: Homage hall in the town hall: Goslar Sibyls (cycle with emperors, sibyls and saints) , panel paintings by the master of the Goslar Sibyls

I.

• Chantilly, Musée Condé: Ingeborg-Psalter , depiction of the Sibyl in the root of Jesse (illumination), around 1200

K

• Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum: Picture in oil / tempera Glorification of Mary by the Master of Glorification Mariae , 1470
• Kiel, in front of the old Muthesius art college: bronze sculpture La Sibilla by Pericle Fazzini, 1947 (cast 1960)

L.

• Laon, Laon Cathedral : sibyl figure in the entrance portal (around 1200)

M.

• Moldovita, Moldovița Monastery , Romanian Orthodox women's monastery: outer wall of the church 10 depictions with ancient philosophers and the Sibyl, from 1536

N

• New York City: Metropolitan Museum of Art, figure of the Libyan Sibyl from William Wetmore Story , 1858
• Nuremberg: Schedelsche Weltchronik , XCIIIv. Depiction of the Iiburtine Sibyl, 1493

O

• Oldenburg, Landesmuseum : Cumaeische Sibylle. Painting by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein , around 1805
• Orvieto, Dom : Sibylle of Erythrai. Marble relief by Lorenzo Maitani in the facade, around 1310
• Orvieto, Cathedral : Sibylle von Erythrai, painting in the entrance wall of the Cappella di San Brizio by Luca Signorelli , 1499
• Ourense, cathedral : Sibylle, wooden sculpture, 17th century
• Oxford, Christ Church Library : Two sibyls in niches. Painting by L'Amico di Sandro (attributed to), Florence, around 1475

P

• Paris: Musée du Louvre: Augustus and the Sibyl of Tibur by Antoine Caron , around 1585
• Perugia: Collegio del Cambio Sala dell'Udien, God the Father with prophets and sibyls, fresco by Pietro Perugino, 1496–1500
• Pisogne: Church of Santa Maria della Neve , Sibylle, ceiling fresco by Girolamo Romanino , 1533–34
• Parish churches in the Mühlkreis: Parish church of the Assumption , frescoes of Sibyls by Giovanni Carlone

R.

• Radebeul: Hoflößnitz mountain and pleasure house , living room and bedroom of the Electress, depictions of twelve Sibyls and eleven Amazons, plus personifications of the seven liberal arts, probably by Christian Schiebling and Centurio Wiebel , mid-17th century
• Rome: Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl , representation of the founding legend of the church

S.

• Santiago de Compostela: Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela , figure of the Sibyl in the entrance portal (Pórtico de la Gloria)
• Schleswig: Schleswig Cathedral , statue of the Tiburtine Sibyl on the Bordesholm Altar
• Siena: Siena Cathedral, mosaic floor , row of sibyls
• Sucevița: Sucevița Monastery , wall paintings on the outer wall depicting ancient Greek pagan philosophers and the Sibyl, 16th century
• Spello / Umbria: Church of S.Maria Maggiore, Baglioni Chapel, in the vault 4 Sibyls (Europea, Tiburtina, Eritrea, Samia) by Pinturicchio

U

• Ulm: Münster, choir stalls, sage and sibyls , cheek busts by Jörg Syrlin d. Ä. in collaboration with Michel Erhart, around 1470

V

• Vatican, Appartamento Borgia : Sala delle Sibille, vault decoration with depictions of the Sibyl by Pinturicchio
• Vatican, Sistine Chapel: prophets and sibyls , frescoes by Michelangelo
• Voronet: Voroneț Monastery , wall painting of the Sibyl in the image of the root of Jesse, 15th century

W.

• Vienna: Schönbrunn Palace Park, Great Parterre, sculpture of the Cumean Sibyl by Wilhelm Bayer a. a., around 1775