# Salmon - Boaz - Obed \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MICHELANGELO Buonarroti](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/michelangelo-buonarroti-r3de9890382970b>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

The top of the staff is carved in the shape of a small bearded head, with a fierce expression; bearing a strange resemblance to the man, it seems mock him.

## Related artworks

- [A Man Lifting a Boar onto his Shoulder \(verso\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/michelangelo-buonarroti-r3de9890382970b/a-man-lifting-a-boar-onto-his-shoulder-verso-r115b841cb7830d>)
- [Abraham - Isaac - Jacob - Judah](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/michelangelo-buonarroti-r3de9890382970b/abraham---isaac---jacob---judah-re59033e00c75bc>)
- [Achim - Eliud \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/michelangelo-buonarroti-r3de9890382970b/achim---eliud-detail-r8732f548c94eeb>)
- [Achim - Eliud \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/michelangelo-buonarroti-r3de9890382970b/achim---eliud-detail-r88d58f08bdbf25>)
- [Achim - Eliud](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/michelangelo-buonarroti-r3de9890382970b/achim---eliud-rdc3468170d2d71>)
- [Aeneas with a Boy \(recto\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/michelangelo-buonarroti-r3de9890382970b/aeneas-with-a-boy-recto-r1b3406e4b4af98>)
- [Allegorical figure](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/michelangelo-buonarroti-r3de9890382970b/allegorical-figure-r75fcb28139de00>)
- [Amminadab \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/michelangelo-buonarroti-r3de9890382970b/amminadab-detail-r49171c9661e417>)
- [Amminadab \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/michelangelo-buonarroti-r3de9890382970b/amminadab-detail-r65ca91139b9ee7>)
- [Amminadab](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/michelangelo-buonarroti-r3de9890382970b/amminadab-re78a9712f2390d>)
- [Ancestors of Christ: figures \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/michelangelo-buonarroti-r3de9890382970b/ancestors-of-christ-figures-detail-r2819d177fc0ff3>)
- [Ancestors of Christ: figures \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/michelangelo-buonarroti-r3de9890382970b/ancestors-of-christ-figures-detail-r52f3f69788f7b7>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)