White-bearded old man in a red robe turns with an open hand, seated on a throne, a scroll in his other hand

The Prophet Ezekiel

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What you see

Seated on a painted stone throne, Ezekiel twists his torso and head to the left and stretches out his right hand, open, toward something we cannot see. In his other hand he holds a scroll resting on his knee. Behind him, a figure with reddish hair and a child peer out. Below, a plaque reads “EZECHIEL.”

The orange-red of his robe dominates, crossed by a lilac mantle with deep folds. A white cloth covers his head, its gray end trailing behind him. Look for his large bare feet at the edge of the step, his straight-nosed profile and white beard and, at the sides, the reliefs of children painted to look like stone.

About Michelangelo

Michelangelo Buonarroti saw himself above all as a sculptor, but the pope asked him to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. He worked for four years on scaffolding, painting hundreds of giant figures above his head. He was also an architect and a poet, and lived to be almost 89.

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