Michelangelo Buonarroti's Hands of God and Adam, detail from The Creation of Adam, from the Sistine Ceiling, 1511 (pre restoration) located at the Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City, Italy. Michelangelo Buonarroti was a artist. The Hands of God and Adam, detail from The Creation of Adam, from the Sistine Ceiling, 1511 (pre restoration) was created around 1511 AD.