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

Hezekiah - Manasseh - Amon (detail)

1511-12
Fresco
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

The solitary man seated on the right, slumped forward with his face in the shadow - apparently sleeping, but, in reality, probably immersed in anguished meditation - is usually considered to be Manasseh, filled with terrible remorse for having favoured idolatrous cults and persecuted the faithful followers of Yahweh.