Eleazar, father of Matthan is generally believed to be the young man on the right. His head is seen in profile, and he appears to be immersed in his thoughts. Behind him are visible the heads of a woman and a child.
In the left part of the lunette, Matthan, in the background, seems to be turning with an expression of astonishment or apprehension toward his wife, who, seated and seen in profile, plays with the child Jacob, who frisks on her knee.
This lunette was probably the first to be frescoed by Michelangelo.
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Author: MICHELANGELO di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Title: Eleazar - Matthan
Time-line: 1501-1550
School: Italian Form: painting
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Eleazar, father of Matthan is generally believed to be the young man on the right. His head is seen in profile, and he appears to be immersed in his thoughts. Behind him are visible the heads of a woman and a child.
In the left part of the lunette, Matthan, in the background, seems to be turning with an expression of astonishment or apprehension toward his wife, who, seated and seen in profile, plays with the child Jacob, who frisks on her knee.
This lunette was probably the first to be frescoed by Michelangelo.
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Author: MICHELANGELO di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Title: Eleazar - Matthan
Time-line: 1501-1550
School: Italian
Form: painting