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

Study for the Head of the Cumeaen Sibyl (recto)

1508-10
Black chalk, 320 x 228 mm
Biblioteca Reale, Turin

This black chalk drawing depicts the head of the Cumaean Sibyl on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The head corresponds almost completely to that of the fresco, and it possibly served as the immediate model for the transfer to the cartoon.