MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
(b. 1475, Caprese, d. 1564, Roma)

Azor - Zadok (detail)

1511-12
Fresco
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

On the left a seated woman is shown indicating something outside the lunette to a boy (or a girl) who seems to be engrossed in writing or drawing and turns somewhat hesitantly. She is wearing a rose dress with lilac shadows, which is slipping off her shoulders; it is tied round the waist by a green sash bordered with yellow. The mantle folded back on her arm is deep yellow, while various colours are combined in her strange headdress.