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Study for the Celebrated Fresco of the Creation of Adam in the Vault of the Sistine Chapel
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1475-1564
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1771-1836
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printed in reddish brown
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Width: 31.5 cm
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Inscription: Red chalk / Ottley's Italian School of Design, 1823. //
Inscription: Exh. Art Council Gall. 17th Sep-16th Oct. '60 Years of Patronage' T.O. / B Museum / Wilde No 7-14. / (II. recto) //
Label: Michelangelo Buonarroti / b. 1475; d. 1564. Sculptor, painter, draughtsman, architect / and poet; worked at Florence, Rome and (briefly) Bologna / 10 Study for The Creation of Adam / Red chalk, 7 1/2 x 10 1/8 (192 x 257) / NACF 1926, 528. Bought by the NACF with the aid / of contributions from Sir Joseph Duveen, Bt, and Mr. / H. Van den Bergh and presented to the British Museum / A study for the figure of Adam in the fresco of The / Creation of Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in / Rome. This vast undertaking was commissioned by / Pope Julius II in 1508 and was unveiled in 1512. During / part of that time Michelangelo was working simul-/taneously on the earlier commission (1506) to carve / Julius's tomb, a work that occupied him for nearly forty / years and which was never fully completed. //
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