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

Medallion

1511
Fresco, diameter c. 135 cm
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

The subject of the scene painted on the bronze-coloured medallion in the fifth bay, above Ezekiel, is a matter of debate. It is either the Destruction of the Tribe of Ahab, Followers of Baal, or the Death of Nicanor.