File:God2-Sistine Chapel.png

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Summary

Michelangelo: The Creation of Adam

Artist



Alternative names	Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Description	Italian painter, sculptor, architect, poet and inventor
Date of birth/death	6 March 1475	18 February 1564
Location of birth/death	Caprese Michelangelo	Rome
Work period	from 1487 until 1564 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1487-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1564-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location	Florence (1487–1494), Bologna (1494–1496), Rome (1496–1501), Florence (1501–1505), Rome (1505–1506), Florence (1506–1508), Rome (1508–1516), Florence (1516–September 1529), Venice (September 1529–November 1529), Florence (November 1529–1532), Rome (1532–1533), Florence (1533), Rome (November 1533), Florence (1533–August 1534), Rome (1534–1564)
Authority file	: Q5592 VIAF: 24585191 ISNI: 0000000121243640 ULAN: 500010654 LCCN: n80152368 NLA: 36432281 WorldCat

Title

creation of man

Part of

Sistine Chapel ceiling

Object type

fresco

Genre

religious art

Depicted people

Adam

Date

between 1508 and 1512

Medium

fresco

Dimensions

height: 280 cm (110.2 in)

; width: 570 cm (18.7 ft)

Collection

Sistine Chapel

	Native name	Cappella Sistina
	Parent institution	Apostolic Palace
	Location	Vatican City, Rome, Italy , Monde
	Coordinates	41° 54′ 11″ N, 12° 27′ 16″ E
	Established	between 1473 and 1481 date QS:P,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1473-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1481-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
	Website	mv.vatican.va
	Authority file	: Q2943 LCCN: n96096549 NLA: 36437812 GND: 4104970-6 BNF: 139022841 J9U: 987007259293205171 WorldCat

Object location

41° 54′ N, 12° 27′ E

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References

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Source/Photographer

Own work

Permission
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This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:

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Other versions

image
part of: Sistine Chapel ceiling
based on: Old Testament

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	15:24, 11 April 2014	3,141 × 1,463 (6.43 MB)	Jacek Halicki	perspektive, contrast color
	23:29, 29 August 2012	3,240 × 1,534 (6.21 MB)	Anachronist	Improved contrast balanced (stretched brightness histogram to use full dynamic range of computer monitor)
	17:07, 23 June 2011	3,240 × 1,534 (5.67 MB)	Titimaster	pb with mignature
	15:27, 23 June 2011	3,240 × 1,534 (5.67 MB)	Titimaster	New version with better quality
	08:25, 8 June 2010	750 × 385 (413 KB)	Amandajm	Reverted to version as of 03:57, 19 August 2005 What a ghastly thing to do to a masterpiece!
	07:43, 6 June 2010	1,303 × 670 (1.52 MB)	Aavindraa	full color based on rest of chapel
	18:59, 5 June 2010	1,303 × 670 (1.43 MB)	Aavindraa	bigger, remove cracks, deepen color a little
	03:57, 19 August 2005	750 × 385 (413 KB)	QuartierLatin1968	{{PD-art}} God creates Adam; Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo Buonarroti. From en:Image:God2-Sistine Chapel.png – see there for an explanation of this image's origins. I don't believe a copy can be fair use, because the original's in the public dom