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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Eleazar – Matthan

🖼 Eleazar – Matthan, 1511-12
Fresco
215 × 430 cm
Vatican, Italy

Rendered in fresco, two robed figures occupy a spandrel above the Sistine Chapel altar, their forms modeled with sculptural precision. This genealogical scene anchors Christ's lineage in Renaissance humanist theology, demonstrating Michelangelo's integration of Old Testament ancestry into Christian narrative.

Michelangelo
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Frank Zöllner
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