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Michelangelo Buonarroti: Boaz

Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475 – 1564

Boaz

fresco — 1508-1512 Museum Sistine Chapel, Vatican City

Michelangelo Buonarroti biography

This work is linked to Ruth 2:1

Tags: Ruth | Sistine Chapel - ceiling

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Boaz was a wealthy farmer from Bethlehem, married to Ruth. He is one of David's and Jesus' ancestors.

This is one of the frescoes in the arches above the windows in the Sistine Chapel.

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Title: Michelangelo Buonarroti: Boaz
Author / citation: here
First published: 27 September 2005
Last modified: 15 November 2008

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