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The Conversion of Saul. The Crucifixion of Saint 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, Rome. It is the last fresco executed by Michelangelo. The artist portrayed Saint Peter in the moment in which he was ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 November 2024. Church in Vatican City For other uses, see St. Peter's Basilica (disambiguation). Church in Vatican City Saint Peter's Basilica Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican Basilica di San Pietro (Italian) Basilica Sancti Petri (Latin) Main façade and dome of St. Peter's Basilica, seen ...
Cappella Paolina. The Cappella Paolina (the Pauline Chapel) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City. It is separated from the Sistine Chapel by the Sala Regia. It is not on any of the regular tourist itineraries. Michelangelo's two frescoes in the Cappella Paolina, The Conversion of Saul and The Crucifixion of St Peter were painted ...
Marble. height 197 cm. Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours (in Italian), Night and Day. c. 1526 – 1534. Medici Chapel, Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence. Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (in Italian), Dusk and Dawn [3] c. 1524 – 1534. Medici Chapel, Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence.
Michelangelo was born on 6 March 1475 in Caprese, known today as Caprese Michelangelo, a small town situated in Valtiberina, [10] near Arezzo, Tuscany. [11] For several generations, his family had been small-scale bankers in Florence; but the bank failed, and his father, Ludovico di Leonardo Buonarroti Simoni, briefly took a government post in Caprese, where Michelangelo was born. [3]
The Conversion of Saul. Mary and Christ. The Last Judgment (Italian: Il Giudizio Universale) [1] is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Michelangelo covering the whole altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. It is a depiction of the Second Coming of Christ and the final and eternal judgment by God of all humanity.
The Pietà (Italian: [maˈdɔnna della pjeˈta]; " [Our Lady of] Pity"; 1498–1499) is a Carrara marble sculpture of Jesus and Mary at Mount Golgotha representing the "Sixth Sorrow" of the Virgin Mary by Michelangelo Buonarroti, in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, for which it was made. It is a key work of Italian Renaissance sculpture ...
Michelangelo's Pietà in Saint Peter's Basilica, 1498–1499. The Pietà (Italian pronunciation:; meaning "pity", "compassion") is a subject in Christian art depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus Christ after his Descent from the Cross. It is most often found in sculpture.