Large Framed Michelangelo Libyan Sibyl Print. This framed print shares its image on the matting/border. The framed print is approx 31" x 1 1/2" x 41′ and it weighs 15.50lbs. The print is approx 26" x 35 3/4". The framed print is in a good, used condition some chips on the frame and rips on the backing.
The Libyan Sibyl, named Phemonoe, was the prophetic priestess presiding over the Oracle of Zeus-Ammon (Zeus represented with the Horns of Ammon) at Siwa Oasis in the Libyan Desert. The term sibyl comes (via Latin) from the ancient Greek word sibylla, meaning prophetess. There were many sibyls in the ancient world, but the Libyan Sibyl, in Classical mythology, foretold the "coming of the day when that which is hidden shall be revealed
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