Who paid Michelangelo (a Renaissance artist) to paint "The Creation of Adam", a famous piece of art?

Question

I need help on my project, and I need to know who paid Michelangelo to paint his famous arts today, "The Creation of Adam".

Answer 1

Pope Julius II kind of forced him to paint the entire ceiling of the Sistine I don't know if he was exactly paid and it was never meant to be so elaborate, but Michelangelo did not agree with the Pope's ideas for the ceiling and made up his own (many hidden withsubliminal messages towards the Vatican) Michelangelo was infuriated with the pope for forcing him to paint the Sistine, mainly because painting was not his element in the first place. But as i said he wasnt exactly paid, but forced to paint the celing.

Answer 2

Pope Julius II commissioned/paid the painting.

Pope Julius II commissioned the painting of the Sistine Chapel where The Creation Of Adam exists.

The Creation of Adam is a fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo circa 1511

Five hundred years after Michelangelo Buonarroti painted it on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the "Creation of Adam" stands as one of the world's most famous artworks. But in 1508, when Pope Julius II offered Michelangelo the job, the artist tried to pass.

Michelangelo repeatedly explained to the pope that he considered himself a sculptor, not a painter. He was already renowned for two masterpieces: the deeply moving sculpture of Mary cradling Jesus's body - his Pietà - housed in St. Peter's Basilica, and the impressive statue of David in his hometown of Florence. But Julius knew that Michelangelo was no slouch with a paint brush. So when the artist tried to decline the commission, the pope made it an order.

Once he was committed to the project, Michelangelo didn't cut corners. Julius said he wanted to see portraits of the 12 apostles, but Michelangelo took it upon himself to cover the entire ceiling with more than 300 figures.