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The Prophet Jonah 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 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 story of Jonah in which he is swallowed by a whale.
