In fifteen-oh-eight, Pope Julius the Second asked Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

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Some experts say Raphael painted the image of the artist Michelangelo into this work.

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Michelangelo made more than fifty paintings that show more than three hundred people.

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That may be true. Michelangelo was clearly in Raphael's thoughts at times.

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It took Michelangelo four years to paint the ceiling.

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