The prophet daniel michelangelo biography
The Prophet Daniel is most well known for his appearance within the den of the lions but in this composition Michelangelo chooses to avoid that theme and keep.
The Prophet Daniel is one of the seven Old Testament prophets painted by the Italian High Renaissance master Michelangelo (c..
DANIEL
In striking contrast to the bowed and sorrowful old prophet Jeremiah is the alert and eager youth Daniel.
The two men were contemporaries, though there was a difference in their ages. When, in the reign of Jehoiakim, the Jews were taken into captivity to Babylon, the youth Daniel went with them, while the old prophet Jeremiah was left behind.
Daniel was chosen, with three companions, to be educated at the court of the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar.
'The Prophet Daniel' was created in by Michelangelo in High Renaissance style.They were taught the Chaldean language and the sciences, and the king was delighted with their progress.
An opportunity soon came for Daniel to be of service to his royal patron. Nebuchadnezzar had a strange dream, which none of his magicians could interpret, because, unfortunately, he had forgotten it.
In his anger that no one could supply the lost memory, he commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. But Daniel prayed to God that the secret might be revealed to him.
His prayers were answered, and he related to the kin