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 * ** Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Ceiling Mural ** ||  ||
 *  [[image:SISTINE_CHAPEL_MURAL.gif width="576" height="432" align="center"]]
 * This ceiling mural was painted in the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo. Michelangelo was an artist and he studied sculpture. He made many famous paintings and sculptures. One of his greatest fresco paintings was the mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. He was told to paint the mural by Julius II in 1508. It was not finished until 1512, which means it took him four years to paint the mural onto the ceiling. ||  ||