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Pope Julius II, but Michelangelo didn't create it for him, it's more like the pope forced him to.

And he did not create the chapel, he painted the ceiling and altar wall.

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Pope Julius II commissioned it in 1508.

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Sixtus IV had it built.

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Q: Who was the pope from 1503-1513 who asked Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican?
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