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  The Creation of Adam

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  Crucifixion of St. Peter

  The Crucifixion of St. Peter is a fresco painting by the Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti (c. 1546-1550). It is housed in the Cappella Paolina, Vatican Palace, in the Vatican City. It is the last fresco executed by Michelangelo. The artist portrayed St. Peter in the moment in...
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  Funerary Monument to Sir John Hawkwood

  The Funerary Monument (or Equestrian Monument) to Sir John Hawkwood is a fresco by Paolo Uccello, commemorating English condottiero John Hawkwood, commissioned in 1436 for Florence's Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore. The fresco is an important example of art commemorating a soldier-for-hire in the...
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  The Last Judgment

  The Last Judgment is a fresco by Michelangelo on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. It took four years to complete. Michelangelo began working on it three decades after finishing the ceiling of the chapel. The work is massive and spans the entire wall behind the altar of the...
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  Madonna of Loreto

  The Madonna of Loreto, also known as Madonna del Velo or Madonna of the Veil, is a painting finished around 1509-1510 by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael. It is housed in the Musée Condé of Chantilly, France. The painting was given to the church Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome by Pope...
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  Madonna Colonna

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  Sistine Chapel ceiling

  The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, at the commission of Pope Julius II, is one of the most renowned artworks of the High Renaissance. The ceiling is that of the large Papal Chapel built within the Vatican between 1477 and 1480 by Pope Sixtus IV after whom it...
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  Madonna del Parto

  The Madonna del Parto is a fresco painting by the Italian Renaissance master Piero della Francesca, finished around 1460. It is housed in the Museo della Madonna del Parto Monterchi, Tuscany, Italy. Piero della Francesca finished it in seven days of work, using first-rate colors, including a large...
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  The Conversion of Saul

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