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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8346552, member: 20201&quot;]<b><font size="5">1970 The Prophet Jonah</font></b></p><p><b><font size="5">Genius of Michelangelo Series</font></b></p><p><b><font size="5">Franklin Mint</font></b></p><p><b><font size="4">45mm 1.25 troy ounce</font></b></p><p><b><font size="4">.925 sterling silver</font></b></p><p><b><font size="4"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1480486[/ATTACH] </font></b></p><p><b><font size="4"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1480487[/ATTACH] </font></b></p><p><b><font size="4"><br /></font></b></p><p><font size="4">The Prophet Jonah is one of the seven Old Testament prophets painted by the Italian High Renaissance master Michelangelo (c. 1542–1545) on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The Sistine Chapel is in Vatican Palace, in the Vatican City.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1480488[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">This particular fresco is painted above the High Altar, as the person of Jonah is of prophetic significance in Christianity. Behind the figure of Jonah, Michelangelo has painted a large fish, a reference to the fact that in the Book of Jonah, Jonah is swallowed by one.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1480489[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">The great fish vomits up Jonah after he is the belly for three days praying in repentance.</font></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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