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Michelangelo: Hezekiah, Manasseh and Amon

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Alternative names	Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Description	Italian painter, sculptor, architect, poet and inventor
Date of birth/death	6 March 1475	18 February 1564
Location of birth/death	Caprese Michelangelo	Rome
Work period	from 1487 until 1564 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1487-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1564-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location	Florence (1487–1494), Bologna (1494–1496), Rome (1496–1501), Florence (1501–1505), Rome (1505–1506), Florence (1506–1508), Rome (1508–1516), Florence (1516–September 1529), Venice (September 1529–November 1529), Florence (November 1529–1532), Rome (1532–1533), Florence (1533), Rome (November 1533), Florence (1533–August 1534), Rome (1534–1564)
Authority file	: Q5592 VIAF: 24585191 ISNI: 0000000121243640 ULAN: 500010654 LCCN: n80152368 NLA: 36432281 WorldCat

Title

EZECHIAS MANASSES AMON

Series title

Ancestors of Christ

Object type

fresco

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Date

between 1511 and 1512

Medium

fresco

Dimensions

height: 215 cm (84.6 in); width: 430 cm (14.1 ft)

Collection

Sistine Chapel

	Native name	Cappella Sistina
	Parent institution	Apostolic Palace
	Location	Vatican City, Rome, Italy , Monde
	Coordinates	41° 54′ 10.64″ N, 12° 27′ 15.96″ E
	Established	between 1473 and 1481 date QS:P,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1473-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1481-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
	Website	mv.vatican.va
	Authority file	: Q2943 LCCN: n96096549 NLA: 36437812 GND: 4104970-6 BNF: 139022841 J9U: 987007259293205171 WorldCat

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Vatican

Notes

http://www.wga.hu/html/m/michelan/3sistina/6lunette/07/lu07hez.html

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WGA work ID: m/michelan/3sistina/6lunette/07/lu07hez

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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti

(b. 1475, Caprese, d. 1564, Roma)

Hezekiah - Manasseh - Amon 1511-12 Fresco, 215 x 430 cm Cappella Sistina, Vatican

"Ahaz begat Hezekiah. Hezekiah begat Manasseh. Manasseh begat Amon." (Matthew 1:9-10)

The two main figures, seated and seen in profile, have their backs to each other. The solitary man seated on the right, slumped forward with his face in the shadow - apparently sleeping, but, in reality, probably immersed in anguished meditation - is usually considered to be Manasseh, filled with terrible remorse for having favoured idolatrous cults and persecuted the faithful followers of Yahweh. The young woman on the left is thought to be Meshullemeth, the mother of Amon: her lips half closed, an expression of infinite tenderness on her face, she is totally absorbed in the baby she is holding in her arms, while her feet rock the wooden and wickerwork cradle where another child sleeps. Hezekiah as a child is believed to be depicted in the spandrel above, together with his mother and his father, Ahaz.

Although the two figures appear to be remote from each other, there is a complementary relationship due to the emotional contrast. Thus, the attitude of desolate self abandon of Manasseh is countered by the grace, vitality, and tenderness of the woman.

The delicate range of colours in the clothes of the two figures tone with different scales, but there are precise links: the reddish-rose mantle that envelops the woman below her shoulders, modeled with very light brushstrokes in the parts in the light, is matched, with a slightly paler tonality, by the man's tunic, which is open at the sides.

There is, moreover, greater contrast in the pattern of light and shade in the yellow of the skirt covering the woman's legs and the green of her shirt compared to the colours - which are, however, deeper - of the man's clothes and stockings. On the other hand, the penitential violet-gray cloth that covers the bowed head of Manasseh, falling over the curve of his back, appears to be more delicate in tone than the blue-gray ribbon that is intertwined with a white one in Meshullemeth's elaborate hairstyle.

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Author: MICHELANGELO Buonarroti Title: Hezekiah - Manasseh - Amon Time-line: 1501-1550 School: Italian Form: painting

Type: religious

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