# The ceiling \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MICHELANGELO Buonarroti]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary The picture shows a longitudinal section of the ceiling between a Prophet and a Sibyl. It demonstrates the following design elements: thrones for the Prophets and Sibyls; one of the seven Prophets \(Daniel\), one of the five Sibyls \(Cumaean\); three of the twenty-four square pedestals forming niches for the Prophets and Sibyls and surmounted by twin 'putti' \(a boy and a girl\) in relief; two small angels as a background to the enthroned figures; two of the twenty-four bronze nudes flanking ram heads at the triangles and spandrels; one of the eight spheric triangles above the lunettes, with frescoes depicting the ancestors of Christ. ## 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]()