Prophet Daniel (Michelangelo)

The Prophet Daniel

Artist	Michelangelo
Year	circa 1508–1512
Type	Fresco
Dimensions	390 cm × 380 cm (150 in × 150 in)
Location	Sistine Chapel, Vatican Palace, Vatican City

The Prophet Daniel is one of the seven Old Testament prophet's painted by the Italian High Renaissance master Michelangelo (c. 1542–1545) on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The Sistine Chapel is in Vatican Palace, in the Vatican City.

This particular fresco figure is painted second on the right from the side of the High Altar. It is worth noting that – unlike many other paintings of the period – this portrayal makes no reference to the most famous event from Daniel's life, that is his time in the den of the lions. Instead, Michelangelo shows Daniel reading a great book, which is held up by a muscular figure from beneath it.

Daniel before restoration

Scenes from Genesis	The Separation of Light from Darkness The Creation of the Sun, Moon and Vegetation The Separation of Land and Water The Creation of Adam The Creation of Eve The Fall of Man and the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden The Sacrifice of Noah The Flood The Drunkenness of Noah

Prophets	Jonah Jeremiah Ezekiel Joel Zechariah Isaiah Daniel

Sibyls	Persian Sibyl Erythraean Sibyl Delphic Sibyl Cumaean Sibyl Libyan Sibyl

Altar wall

The Last Judgment ⁹

Tapestries

The Lives of Saints Peter and Paul ¹⁰

Key: ¹ Pietro Perugino
² Sandro Botticelli
³ Cosimo Rosselli
⁴ Domenico Ghirlandaio
⁵ Biagio d'Antonio
⁶ Piero di Cosimo
⁷ Luca Signorelli
⁸ Bartolomeo della Gatta
⁹ Michelangelo
¹⁰ Raphael
Pope Sixtus IV
Art patronage of Julius II
Restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes

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Prophet Daniel (Michelangelo)

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