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Above the windows are a series of families with young children. The children may represent particular children who are mentioned in the Bible, such as Isaac and Samuel. The composition of many of the pictures is similar to that found in depictions of the Holy Family resting on the Flight into Egypt.
Pages in category "Paintings of Hebrew Bible prophets" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Vasari, in his "Life of Raphael", tells us that Bramante, who had the keys to the chapel, let Raphael in to examine the paintings in Michelangelo's absence; on seeing Michelangelo's prophets, Raphael went back to the picture of Isaiah that he was painting on a column in the Church of Sant'Agostino and, although it was finished, he scraped it ...
As the Church increased in size and popularity, the need to educate illiterate converts led to the use of pictures which portrayed biblical stories, along with images of saints, angels, prophets, and the Cross (though only portrayed in a bejewelled, glorified state).
Art historians generally interpret this prime position as being because the story of Jonah (who was swallowed for three days by a large fish before being miraculously restored) was seen as prefiguring that of Christ's death and resurrection. [4] [5] The Prophet Jonah is opposite the fresco of the prophet Zachariah. [5]
The Prophet Jeremiah is one of the seven Old Testament prophets painted by the Italian High Renaissance master Michelangelo (c. 1510–12) on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The Sistine Chapel is in Vatican Palace, in the Vatican City. This particular fresco is the first one on the left from the side of the High Altar.
Pages in category "Paintings based on the Book of Revelation" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. ... The Fall of the Rebel Angels;
Hebrew Bible subjects in art (3 C, 3 P) N. ... Pages in category "Biblical art" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.