The 672 Artworks of Michelangelo Buonarroti

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Michelangelo Buonarroti - Creation of AdamCreation of AdamMichelangelo Buonarroti

The Creation of Man is one of the most notable artworks from the Renaissance period, it is a fresco painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, commissioned by Pope Julius II. The fresco illustrates a passage from the bible, “God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him' (G...

Cappella Sistina (Vatican City, Italy)
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Michelangelo Buonarroti - Last JudgmentLast JudgmentMichelangelo Buonarroti

The Last Judgment, or The Last Judgement (Italian: Il Giudizio Universale), is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo executed on the 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 h...

Cappella Sistina (Vatican City, Italy)
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Michelangelo Buonarroti - Study of a Mourning WomanStudy of a Mourning WomanMichelangelo Buonarroti

This powerful study of a mourning woman encapsulates Michelangelo’s extraordinary talent for monumental figural conceptions. It is characterized by dense crosshatching in pen and brown ink (a technique he learned from his time in the studio of Domenico Ghirlandaio), creating a solid form that is scu...

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Michelangelo Buonarroti - Doni TondDoni TondMichelangelo Buonarroti

The Doni Tondo or Doni Madonna, sometimes called The Holy Family, is the earliest of only three surviving panel paintings by the adult Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti, and the only one to be finished. Located in the Uffizi in Florence, Italy, in its original frame, the painting wa...

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Michelangelo Buonarroti - Creation of Adam (Sistine Chapel)Creation of Adam (Sistine Chapel)Michelangelo Buonarroti

The Creation of Adam is a fresco painting by Michelangelo, which forms part of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, painted c. 1508–1512. It illustrates the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God breathes life into Adam, the first man. The fresco is part of a complex iconographic...

Sistine Chapel (Vatican)
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Michelangelo Buonarroti - The Punishment of HamanThe Punishment of HamanMichelangelo Buonarroti

The Punishment of Haman is a part of the Sistine Chapel ceiling artwork by the Italian master artist Michelangelo. The four corner pendentives show violent episodes in which the People of Israel were rescued from enemies, or from their own sinful ways. Haman's punishment is one of four corner penden...

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Michelangelo Buonarroti - The Sibyl of DelphiThe Sibyl of DelphiMichelangelo Buonarroti

The Sibyl of Delphi is a part of the Sistine Chapel ceiling fresco by the Italian master artist Michelangelo. The Delphic Sibyl was a legendary figure who made prophecies in the sacred precinct of Apollo at Delphi, on the slopes of Mount Parnassus. The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo...

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Michelangelo Buonarroti - The Libyan SibylThe Libyan SibylMichelangelo Buonarroti

The Libyan Sibyl is part of the Sistine Chapel ceiling painting by the Italian master artist Michelangelo. The Libyan Sibyl, named Phemonoe, was the prophetic priestess presiding over the Zeus. The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is one of the most renowned art...

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Michelangelo Buonarroti - The Last JudgmentThe Last JudgmentMichelangelo Buonarroti

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 and was executed from 1537 to 1541. Michelangelo began working on it three decades after having finished the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The work is massive and spans the...

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Michelangelo Buonarroti - The Prophet JeremiahThe Prophet JeremiahMichelangelo Buonarroti

The Prophet Jeremiah is one of the seven Old Testament prophet's painted by the Italian High Renaissance master Michelangelo (c. 1542–1545) on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The Sistine Chapel is in Vatican Palace, in the Vatican City. This particular fresco is the first one on the left from the side o...

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Michelangelo Buonarroti - The Flood (detailThe Flood (detailMichelangelo Buonarroti

It is one of the most famous paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. A flood myth or deluge myth is a mythical story of a great flood sent by a deity or deities to destroy civilization as an act of divine retribution. It is a theme widespread among many cultures, though it is perhaps best kn...

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Michelangelo Buonarroti - The Flood (detail)The Flood (detail)Michelangelo Buonarroti

It is one of the most famous paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. A flood myth or deluge myth is a mythical story of a great flood sent by a deity or deities to destroy civilization as an act of divine retribution. It is a theme widespread among many cultures, though it is perhaps best kn...

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Michelangelo Buonarroti - The Prophet ZechariahThe Prophet ZechariahMichelangelo Buonarroti

The Prophet Zechariah is a part of the Sistine Chapel ceiling artwork by the Italian master artist Michelangelo. The Prophets of Israel and the Sibyls of the pagan world foretold the coming of the Messiah. Both have been included by Michelangelo as a sign that the Messiah (Jesus Christ) was to come ...


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