Michelangelo Finishes Creation of Adam
1511
Halfway through his labor on the Sistine ceiling, Michelangelo completed the central panel where God, cloaked in drapery the color of a wound, reached toward the languid Adam. The two fingers not quite touching would become the most parodied image in Western art, though Michelangelo never lived to see it famous.
In context
Also in 1511 (4 other events on record)
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- Raphael Paints the School of Athens · Europe · Culture
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- Antonio de Montesinos Preaches · North America · Religion
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Era
Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.