Occupying the triangular fields between the thrones of the prophets and sibyls, above the lunettes, the eight spandrels of the side walls contain family groups with figures seated or reclining on the bare ground, in poses that seem to draw on the theme of the flight into Egypt. Together with the groups or single figures in the lunettes on either side of the tablets, they represent the generations of Christ's ancestors. Due to the lack of typological elements or precise attributions and, in most cases, of iconographic precedents, it is difficult; if not impossible, to identify the figures represented.

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	Ancestors of Christ: figures 1509 Fresco, 245 x 340 cm Cappella Sistina, Vatican
	Ancestors of Christ: figures 1509 Fresco, 245 x 340 cm Cappella Sistina, Vatican
	Ancestors of Christ: figures 1509 Fresco, 245 x 340 cm Cappella Sistina, Vatican
	Ancestors of Christ: figures 1509 Fresco, 245 x 340 cm Cappella Sistina, Vatican
	Ancestors of Christ: figures 1510 Fresco, 245 x 340 cm Cappella Sistina, Vatican
	Ancestors of Christ: figures (detail) 1510 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican
	Ancestors of Christ: figures 1510 Fresco, 245 x 340 cm Cappella Sistina, Vatican
	Ancestors of Christ: figures 1510 Fresco, 245 x 340 cm Cappella Sistina, Vatican
	Ancestors of Christ: figures 1511 Fresco, 245 x 340 cm Cappella Sistina, Vatican
	Ancestors of Christ: figures (detail) 1511 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican
	Ancestors of Christ: figures 1511 Fresco, 240 x 340 cm Cappella Sistina, Vatican
	Ancestors of Christ: figures 1511 Fresco, 245 x 340 cm Cappella Sistina, Vatican
	Ancestors of Christ: figures 1511 Fresco, 245 x 340 cm Cappella Sistina, Vatican
	Ancestors of Christ: figures (detail) 1511 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican
	Ancestors of Christ: figures 1511 Fresco, 240 x 340 cm Cappella Sistina, Vatican
	Ancestors of Christ: figures (detail) 1511 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican