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  • Title: God the Father with Sibyls and Prophets
  • Creator: Perugino (Pietro Vanucci), painter
  • Description: God the Father occupies a mandorla supported by angels. On the ground below him on the left are 6 Old Testament prophets: Isaiah, Moses, Daniel, David, Jeremiah and Solomon. To the right are the sibyls of Erythrae, Persia, Cumae, Libya, Tibur and Delphi. Each figure holds a scroll bearing a prophetic Christological text, some of which is apocryphal such as the text held by Solomon. This figure's passage comes from the Greek Pseudepigrapha which included the so-called "Odes of Solomon."
  • Source: WikiMedia Commons: Web Gallery of Art #17241
  • Rights: Public domain
  • Subject (See Also): Angels Bible- Old Testament David (Biblical Figure) God the Father Moses (Biblical Figure) Sibyls, Legendary Female Prophets from the Classical Age
  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 15
  • Date: ca. 1498-1500
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  • Current Location: Perugia, Collegio del Cambio, Sala dell'Udienza, right wall
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  • Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Paintings
  • Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Frescoes (paintings)
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  • Height/Width/Length(cm): 229cm/370cm/
  • Inscription: Labels of prophets, left to right: ECCE VIRGO CO(N)CIPIET; EST STELLA EX IACOB; VIDE BA; VERITAS DE TERRA ORTA EST; INFIRMATVS EST; Labels of Sibyls, left to right: AGENS OMNIA VERBO; FLVCT; SURRECTIO MORTVO; FLORESCET; PANIBUS SIMVL QUINQUE; VIVIFICABIT
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