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Your answer was: 1498. |
Answer: The contract was signed August 26, 1498. See article from Vatican Notes. In 1505 Michelangelo was invited back to Rome by the newly elected Pope Julius II and commissioned to build the Pope's tomb, which was to include forty statues and be finished in five years. In 1524 Michelangelo received an architectural commission from the Medici pope for the Laurentian Library at San Lorenzo's Church. Shortly before his death in 1534, Pope Clement VII commissioned Michelangelo to paint a fresco of The Last Judgement on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel. In 1547 he took on the job of completing St Peter's Basilica, based on a design begun by Bramante, and with several intermediate designs by several architects.   The two Vatican City stamps above (Scott #384&386) depict Michelangelo's famous Pieta sculpture.  1994 Photo |
