The Bible in Pictures

The prophet has been reading. Now he turns his head towards a child who calls him and points behind him; his fingers are still in the book to keep the place.

On the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel seven prophets and five sibyls sit on painted thrones around the scenes from Genesis. Michelangelo gives each of them a different way of receiving what they are to say. Isaiah is the one who is interrupted.

The child speaks urgently; the prophet listens with half-closed eyes, still in his own thoughts.

The child speaks urgently; the prophet listens with half-closed eyes, still in his own thoughts.

The hand in the closed book.

The hand in the closed book.