MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
(b. 1475, Caprese, d. 1564, Roma)

The seventh bay of the ceiling

1508-12
Fresco
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

The Separation of the Earth from the Waters is the subject of the third scene, in chronological order, of the Creation painted in the centre of the vault between the figures of ignudi and the bronze medallions. At the sides are the figures of the prophet Daniel and the Persian Sibyl.