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  Artwork: Ancestors of Christ: Hezekiah - Manasseh - Amon
  Artist: MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
  Date: 1511-12
  Technique: Fresco
  Location: Cappella Sistina, Vatican
  Notes: Lunette. The man on the right is usually considered to be Manasseh. The young woman on the left is thought to be Meshullemeth, holding Amon. The identification of the characters in Michelangelo's frescos of the ancestors of Christ is generally uncertain.
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  Subject: Other Portraits of Manasseh, King of Judah
The Genealogy of Jesus
Other Portraits of Amon, King of Judah
Portraits of Meshullemeth


  Hosts: Christus Rex  [IMAGE]
Web Gallery of Art  [IMAGE]
  Manasseh, upper part of figure:
Web Gallery of Art  [IMAGE]
  Meshullemeth (the mother of Amon) with baby, upper part of figure:
Web Gallery of Art  [IMAGE]
  The child in the cradle:
Web Gallery of Art  [IMAGE]