File:Medallion detail.jpg

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Sistine Chapel, fresco Michelangelo, detail of the destruction of the idol of Baal

Date

1509

Source

Web Gallery of Art

Author



Alternative names	Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Description	Italian painter, sculptor, architect and poet Polymath
Date of birth/death	6 March 1475	18 February 1564
Location of birth/death	Caprese	Rome
Work period	Renaissance
Work location	Florence, Bologna, Rome, Tuscany
Authority control	WorldCat

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