Oil Painting Replica The Prophet Jeremiah by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564, Italy) | WahooArt.com

Michelangelo Buonarroti (i) - Oil (i) - High Renaissance (i) The Prophet Jeremiah is one of the seven Old Testament prophet's 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. This particular fresco is the first one on the left from the side of the High Altar. The person of Jeremiah is imagined as lost in anguished meditation Although the painting portrays Jeremiah as lamenting over the Destruction of Jerusalem, critics have interpreted the figure as a self-portrait by Michelangelo, with the artist lamenting over the weight of his sins.