Medallions
by MICHELANGELO

Michelangelo placed between each pair of ignudi, sitting on plinths, bearing garlands of oak leaves and acorns, a medallion, painted to resemble bronze, with episodes drawn from the books of Genesis, Samuel, Kings, and Maccabees.

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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



Summary of works by Michelangelo
All genres
Sculptures | Paintings | Sistine Chapel | Drawings | Architecture
Sculptures
-1501 | 1502- | David | Julius II's Tomb | Medici Tomb | Pietās
Paintings
Easel paintings | Frescoes in Pauline Chapel
Sistine Chapel
Division of the ceiling | Genesis | Prophets | Sibyls | Ignudi
Spandrels | Lunettes | Triangles | Medallions
Last Judgment
Architecture
until 1530 | after 1530



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