Sistine Chapel Ceiling / Nude / Renaissance; Creation date: 1508-1512 CE

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Record Details

Work Title: Sistine Chapel Ceiling
View Title: Nude
Creator/Culture: painter: Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475-1564)
Site/Repository: Site: Ceiling, Sistine Chapel (Vatican City, Italy)
Period/Date: Renaissance; Creation date: 1508-1512 CE
Media/Technique: fresco; fresco painting
Dimensions: height: 40.5 m, width: 13.2 m
Subjects: Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City); Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian artist, 1475-1564); Ceiling paintings; Chapels; Fresco painting; Renaissance; Genesis (First book of OT); Bible. Old Testament; Christianity
Work Record ID: 173974
Image Record ID: 834172
Classification Filing Number: 372; M623; 19SP 22g

Technical Details

Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Record: 834172
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-834172/1

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 834172. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-834172/1. April 19, 2024.