Michelangelo was just five years old in 1480 when Pope Sixtus IV commissioned the building of the Sistine Chapel. The chapel was part of a glorification of the Vatican carried out by Sixtus.

Gruner, Ludwig, 1801-1882. Arundel Society for Promoting the Knowledge of Art. Storch & Kramer. Hieremias; The prophet Jeremiah. From the fresco by Michael Angelo on the ceiling of the sistine chapel ...

Martha Stewart was accused of abusing her “rich privilege” when she captured dozens of photos inside the famous Sistine Chapel despite the museum’s strict rules against them. The homemaking ...