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Looking
ahead to a big anniversary: 1 November 1512 marks the 500th
anniversary of the unveiling of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. We present
a selection including many glorious details of the frescos from the
Lessing Photo Archive
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1IT-133-C2-B To begin, two images of the artist. First, a copper engraving, circa 1550...
akg-images
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1IT-133-H10 ... and a sculpture of Michelangelo, circa 1880, by Emilio Santarelli
akg-images
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2-R41-B1-1508-1 A partial view of the vaiult of the ceiling...
akg-images / Rabatti - Domingie
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5IT-R1-E10-1966 ... and a pre-restoration shot showing the interior of the chapel taken in 1966
akg-images / Erich Lessing
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2-G62-S1-1-C The Delphic Sibyl...
akg-images / Erich Lessing
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2-G62-S1-4-C ... and her Persian counterpart
akg-images / Erich Lessing
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2-M180-A2-1509-1 A preparatory sketch of the head of Zacharias akg-images / Rabatti - Domingie
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2-R41-B20-1511-3 The moment of creation...
akg-images / Erich Lessing
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2-R41-B6-1511-B God separates the Heavens and the Waters
akg-images / Erich Lessing
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2-R41-B20-1511-C The Creation of Adam
akg-images / Erich Lessing
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2-R41-B21-1510-B The Creation of Eve
akg-images / Erich Lessing
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2-R41-B25-1509-3 The Fall
akg-images / Erich Lessing
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2-R41-C10-1508-11 A study for the people fighting against the Flood...
akg-images / Rabatti - Domingie
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2-R41-C10-1508-C ... and the completed fresco
akg-images / Erich Lessing
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2-R41-N15-1509-C David slays Goliath
akg-images / Erich Lessing
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2-R41-T1-1511-C Jeremiah
akg-images / Erich Lessing
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2-R41-Z35-1509-10 An engraving by Giulio Bonasone after Michelangelo's Judith and Holofernes...
akg-images
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2-R41-Z35-1509-C ... and the source material
akg-images / Erich Lessing
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Didn't
find the image you wanted
in this selection?
There are plenty more images from
the Italian
Renaissance in the akg-images archive. Search
the database yourself or email
through a request list, we're happy to help!
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5IT-R1-E10-1997-1 A view of the chapel from St. Peter's, 1997
akg-images / ullstein bild
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