The Creation of
Adam
Fresco 1511
Sistine Ceiling, Vatican Rome
The Creation of Adam
(Italian: Creazione di Adamo) is a fresco
painting by Italian artist 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 gives life to Adam, the first man. The fresco is part of
a complex iconographic scheme and is chronologically the fourth in the series
of panels depicting episodes from Genesis. - Wikipedia
The painting has been
reproduced in countless imitations. Michelangelo's Creation of Adam is one of
the most replicated religious paintings of all time. - Wikipedia