PERUGINO, Pietro
(b. 1450, Citta della Pieve, d. 1523, Perugia)

Prophets and Sibyls

1497-1500
Fresco, 229 x 370 cm
Collegio del Cambio, Perugia

In this compartment of the right wall, on the left the prophets Isaiah, Moses, Daniel, David, Jeremiah, and Solomon are represented. On the right the Eritrean, Persian, Cumaean, Libyan, Tiburtine, and Delphian sibyls are depicted. Each figure is provided with a fragmentary prophecy on an inscription ribbon.

Above, God the Father in a gloriole surrounded by angels can be seen.