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presents himself to the High Priest at the temple, so that he may be pronounced clean. The young man carries a basin of water, in which is a bough of hyssop. A woman brings two fowls for sacrifice and another woman brings cedar wood. These three ingredients were part of the ritual of cleansing of a
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in Rome. The Devil tempts Jesus to challenge God's promise that he will be protected by angels, by throwing himself down. In the third temptation, to the upper right, the Devil has taken Jesus to a high mountain where he shows him the beauties of the Earth. The Devil promises Jesus power over this
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Botticelli, helped by numerous assistants, painted three scenes. On 17 February 1482 his contract was renovated, including the other scenes to complete the chapel's decoration. However, on 20 February, his father died: he returned to Florence, where he remained.
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so that mankind might also be made spiritually clean, and receive salvation. In Christian symbolism, many stories, such as the healing of the leper, are perceived to prefigure the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, or other events in his life.
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leper. The high priest may symbolize Moses, who transmitted the Law, and the young man may symbolically represent Christ, who, according to the Gospels, was wounded and slain for the benefit of mankind, and healed through the
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domain, if he will deny God and bow down to the Devil. Jesus sends the Devil away from him, while angels come to minister to him.
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The theme of the decoration was a parallel between the Stories of Moses and those of Christ, as a sign of continuity between the
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depicts three episodes from the gospels, in parallel with the painting on the opposite wall, also by Botticelli, showing the
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The subject of the title takes place in three scenes in the upper section of the fresco. On the left, Jesus, who has been
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Sandro Botticelli
fresco
Sandro Botticelli
Sistine Chapel
Rome
Domenico Ghirlandaio
Cosimo Rosselli
Lorenzo de' Medici
Florence
Pope Sixtus IV
Sistine Chapel
Pietro Perugino

Old
New Testament
Peter
Trials of Moses
fasting
tempted by the Devil
Santo Spirito in Sassia
a man whom Jesus has healed of leprosy
Resurrection
List of works by Sandro Botticelli
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Sandro Botticelli
List of works
Fortitude

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