# Study for the Head of the Cumeaen Sibyl \(recto\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MICHELANGELO Buonarroti]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Black chalk, 320 x 228 mm ## Commentary This black chalk drawing depicts the head of the <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/m/michelan/3sistina/4sibyls/05\_6si3.html'\)" href="/html/m/michelan/3sistina/4sibyls/05\_6si3.html">Cumaean Sibyl</a> 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. ## Related artworks - [A Man Lifting a Boar onto his Shoulder \(verso\)]() - [Abraham - Isaac - Jacob - Judah]() - [Achim - Eliud \(detail\)]() - [Achim - Eliud \(detail\)]() - [Achim - Eliud]() - [Aeneas with a Boy \(recto\)]() - [Allegorical figure]() - [Amminadab \(detail\)]() - [Amminadab \(detail\)]() - [Amminadab]() - [Ancestors of Christ: figures \(detail\)]() - [Ancestors of Christ: figures \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()