File:Joel (Michelangelo).jpg

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Description

English: fresco painted by Michelangelo and his assistants for the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican between 1508 to 1512

Polski: Fresk w Kaplicy Syksyńskiej przedstawiający Sąd Ostateczny Michała Anioła.

Date

between 1508 to 1512

Source

scanned from book

Author

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564)
Alternative names	Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni Français : Michel-Ange Polski: Michał Anioł
Date of birth/death	6 March 1475	18 February 1564
Location of birth/death	Deutsch: Caprese Michelangelo bei Arezzo Français : Caprese, au nord d'Arezzo en Toscane Italiano: Caprese (Commune di Arezzo, Toscana) Polski: Caprese (prowincja Toskanii (Arezzo) we Włoszech)	Rome
Work period	Français : Renaissance
Work location	Deutsch: Florenz, Rom, Toskana Français : Florence, Rome, Toscane Polski: Bolonia, Florencja, Rzym

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Sistine Chapel ceiling

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