Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Definition
A fresco painted by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel (c. 1508–1512 C.E.) depicting one of the classical prophetesses, part of the chapel's larger iconographic program.