The Sistine Chapelby Michelangelo

A Detailed Study

The Ancestors of Christin the Lunettes

1511-12

14 Lunettes

Eleazar - Matthan1511-12

"Eliud begat Eleazar. Eleazar begat Matthan. Matthan begat Joseph." (Matthew 1:15)

Lunette and Popes

1475-83, 1508-12

Eleazar - Matthan (detail)1511-12

Jacob - Joseph1511-12

Matthan begat Jacob. Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called

Christ."

(Matthew 1:15-16)

Jacob Jacob’s Wife

The Holy

Family

Mary

Achim - Eliud1511-12

"Zadok begat Achim. Achim begat Eliud. Eliud begat Eliazar." (Matthew 1:14-15)

Azor - Zadok1511-12

"Eliakim begat Azor. Azor begat Zadok. Zadok begat Achim." (Matthew 1:13-14)

"Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel. Zerubbabel begat Abiud. Abiud begat Eliakim."

(Matthew 1:12-13)

Zerubbabel - Abiud - Eliakim1511-12

"Amon begat Josiah. Josiah begat Jechoniah and his brothers around the time they were carried away to Babylon. And after they were brought to Babylon,

Jechoniah begat Shealtiel and Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel."

(Matthew 1:10-12)

Josiah - Jechoniah - Shealtiel1511-12

"Ahaz begat Hezekiah. Hezekiah begat Manasseh. Manasseh begat Amon."

(Matthew 1:9-10)

Hezekiah - Manasseh - Amon1511-12

"Joram begat Uzziah. Uzziah begat Jotham. Jotham begat Ahaz." (Matthew 1:8-9)

Uzziah - Jotham - Ahaz1511-12

"Abijah begat Asa. Asa begat Jehoshapat. Jehoshapat begat Joram. Joram begat Uzziah."

(Matthew 1:7-8)

Asa - Jehoshaphat - Joram1511-12

"Solomon begat Rehoboam. Rehoboam begat Abijah. Abijah begat Asa." (Matthew 1:7)

Rehoboam - Abijah1511-12

"Obed begat Jesse. Jesse begat King David. King David begat Solomon by the wife Uria. Solomon begat

Rehoboam." (Matthew 1:5-7)

Jesse - David - Solomon1511

"Nahshon begat Salmon. Salmon begat Boaz by Rahab. Boaz begat Obed by Ruth. Obed begat Jesse,"

(Matthew 1:4-5)

Salmon - Boaz - Obed1511-12

"Amminadab begat Nahshon. Nahshon begat Salmon." (Matthew 1:4)

Nahshon1511-12

" Abraham begat Isaac. Isaac begat7 Jacob. Jacob begat Judah and his brothers. Judah begat Phares and Serah

by Thamar. Phares begat Esron. Esron begat Aram. Aram begat Amminadab. Amminadab begat Nahshon."

(Matthew 1:2-4)

Amminadab1511-12

1. Abraham-Isaac-Jacob-Judah

2. Perez-Hezron-Ram

3. Amminadab 4. Nahshon

5. Salmon - Boaz - Obed 6. Jesse - David - Solomon

7. Rehoboam - Abijah 8. Asa - Jehoshaphat - Joram

9. Uzziah - Jotham - Ahaz10. Hezekiah - Manasseh - Amon

11. Josiah - Jechoniah - Shealtiel

12. Zerubbabel - Abiud - Eliakim

13. Azor - Zadok 14. Achim - Eliud

15. Eleazar - Matthan 16. Jacob - Joseph

Chronological Order

8 Triangular Spandrels(Ancestors of Christ)

Zerubbabel

Ancestors of Christ: figures1509

Jechoniah's family with their son Shealtiel

Ancestors of Christ: figures1509

Family of Uzziah

Ancestors of Christ: figures1509

Hezekiah as a child with his

mother and his father Ahaz

Ancestors of Christ: figures1509

Jesse with his parents

Ancestors of Christ: figures1509

Mother ofAsa, the future king

Ancestors of Christ: figures1509

Salmon

Ancestors of Christ: figures1509

Jesse as a child with his parents

Ancestors of Christ: figures1509

10 Medallions

Episodes from the books of :

»Genesis

»Samuel

»Kings

»Maccabees

Murder of AbnerBidkar Throwing the Body of the deposed King Joram from his Chariot in Naboth's

Vineyard

Destruction of the Statue of the God

Baal

Killing of Uriah

Tribe of Ahab David before the Prophet Nathan

Not Decorated Death of Absalom

Elijah Ascending to Heaven on the Chariot of Fire

Sacrifice of Isaac