''Sibyl and Prophet'' is a
grisaille distemper
Distemper may refer to:
Illness
*A viral infection
**Canine distemper, a disease of dogs
**Feline distemper, a disease of cats
** Phocine distemper, a disease of seals
*A bacterial infection
**Equine distemper, or Strangles, a bacterial infectio ...
painting by
Andrea Mantegna c. 1495. It is now in the
Cincinnati Art Museum.
History
Mantegna produced several grisailles in the last eleven years of his life; this style imitated relief sculpture and was then popular in the
Mantuan court due to the duchy's lack of major sculptors and stone quarries. Possibly a fragment from a larger work, it was probably a commission by
Isabella d'Este for her apartments and shows a
sibyl in a crown and toga debating with a bearded
Old Testament
The Old Testament (often abbreviated OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew writings by the Israelites. The ...
prophet who holds the scroll they are discussing.
[ Tatjana Pauli, ''Mantegna'', Leonardo Arte, Milano, 2001. ]
References
{{Cincinnati Art Museum
Paintings by Andrea Mantegna
Collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum
1490s paintings