The Prophet Jonah
Artist	Michelangelo
Year	circa 1508–1512
Type	Fresco
Dimensions	390 cm × 380 cm (150 in × 150 in)
Location	Sistine Chapel, Vatican Palace, Vatican City

The Prophet Jonah is one of the seven Old Testament prophets 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 (Tarpon), a reference to the fact that in the Book of Jonah, Jonah is swallowed by one.

A close-up of the face of the central figure

v t e Art of the Sistine Chapel
Life of Moses	Moses Leaving for Egypt 1 The Youth of Moses 2 The Crossing of the Red Sea 3/4/5 The Descent from Mount Sinai 3/6 The Punishment of the Sons of Korah 2 Testament and Death of Moses 7/8
Life of Christ	The Baptism of Christ 1 The Temptations of Christ 2 The Vocation of the Apostles 4 The Sermon on the Mount 3 The Delivery of the Keys 1 The Last Supper 3/5
Ceiling 9 (Gallery)	Scenes from Genesis The Separation of Light from Darkness The Creation of the Sun, Moon, and Plants The Separation of Land and Water The Creation of Adam The Creation of Eve The Fall and Expulsion from the Garden of Eden The Sacrifice of Noah The Flood The Drunkenness of Noah Prophets Jonah Jeremiah Ezekiel Joel Zechariah Isaiah Daniel Sibyls Persian Sibyl Erythraean Sibyl Delphic Sibyl Cumaean Sibyl Libyan Sibyl
Altar wall	The Last Judgment 9
Tapestries	Raphael Cartoons 10
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