2-660-889 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Papst Julus II. 1443-1513', 1934. Pope Julius II. Julius II (1443-1513), was born Giuliano della Rovere and was pope from 1503 to 1513. He was a patron of many Renaissance artists, including Bramante, Raphael, and Michelangelo, who he commissioned to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. From "Die Großen der Weltgeschichte". [Eckstein-Halpaus, Dresden, 1934]