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

Nahshon (detail)

1511-12
Fresco
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

On the right side of the lunette, a youthful Nahshon, sits leaning back on the edge of the tablet, engrossed in reading the book open in front of him. His outstretched right leg rests on the wooden pedestal of the lectern holding the book, while the other one is bent, and his arms are folded. He is enveloped in an ample red mantle with gray-blue shadows and green lining and hood. The elegant nonchalance of the pose is well matched by the expression on his face - in shadow and framed by blond curls - which is that of a slightly sulky adolescent prince.




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