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

Jacob - Joseph (detail)

1511-12
Fresco
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

Mary, wrapped in a rose mantle which covers her yellow dress and its greenish shadows, wearing an exotic hairdress, turns toward the spectator. She is more prominent than the other members of the Holy Family behind her in the shadow: Joseph and the Christ child.




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