Question

Did michelangelo paint the sistine chapel by himself

Answer 1

He had assistants from time to time, but he mostly did it by himself.

Answer 2

• Michelangelo was instead commissioned for a cycle of frescoes on the vault and upper walls of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo, who was not primarily a painter but a sculptor, was reluctant to take on the work; he suggested that his young rival Raphael take it on instead.