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Also known as Frescoes, Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes

cycle of frescoes by Michelangelo

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Artist
Michelangelo
Location
Sistine Chapel , part of Vatican Museums , Vatican City
Followed by
The Last Judgment

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Image
CAPPELLA SISTINA Ceiling.jpg
Height
4093
Width
1341
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inception
1508-01-01
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The Sistine Chapel ceiling (Italian: Soffitto della Cappella Sistina), painted in fresco by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissance art.

The Sistine Chapel is the large papal chapel built within the Vatican between 1477 and 1480 by Pope Sixtus IV, for whom the chapel is named. The ceiling was painted at the commission of Pope Julius II.

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