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Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475 – 1564

The Prophet Daniel

fresco — 1508-1512

Sistine Chapel, Vatican City

Michelangelo Buonarroti biography

This work is linked to Daniel 1:1

 

Art and the Bible - Daniel 1 - Old Testament

The Book of Daniel 1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. 2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: whi

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Daniel is known as a prophet partly because of his power to explain dreams. But first and foremost Daniel is the hero of his own book.

 

This is one of the frescoes showing prophets in the Sistine Chapel. It is part of Michelangelo's ceiling decoration.