File:Creation of the Sun and Moon face detail.jpg

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Summary

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

Description

English: Creation of the Sun and Moon by Michelangelo, face detail of God.

Date

1511

Collection

Sistine Chapel

	Native name	Cappella Sistina
	Parent institution	Apostolic Palace
	Location	Vatican, 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

Source/Photographer

Unknown source

Licensing

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	08:35, 8 June 2010	2,184 × 3,064 (958 KB)	Amandajm	Reverted to version as of 07:13, 30 October 2007
	19:45, 5 June 2010	2,184 × 3,064 (3.34 MB)	Aavindraa	fix colors, remove cracking
	07:13, 30 October 2007	2,184 × 3,064 (958 KB)	TTaylor	Reverted to version as of 20:02, 13 September 2005
	20:02, 13 September 2005	2,184 × 3,064 (958 KB)	Nixdorf	''Creation of the Sun and Moon'' by Michelangelo, face detail of God. {{PD-art}}