Location:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Post Date:
Dec 7, 2021 3:51 PM
TAG ID:
dpaphotosfive483919
(RM)
Credit:
Florencia Martin/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom
Format:
4928 x 3280 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Florencia Martin
Keywords:
Art, Free time, Messi, Maradona, Image, Painting, God, Michelangelo, Deification, Worship, South America, Latin America, Friendship, Club, Soccer Lessons, Children
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
24 November 2021, Argentina, Buenos Aires: Football stars Messi (l) and Maradona (r) are depicted in a work of art by Argentine Santiago Barbeito, aka "Santuke", entitled "The Creation of Football" in reference to the famous section of painter Michelangelo's ceiling fresco "The Creation of Adam" at a local club. The work, also known as "The Sistine Chapel of Football", is mounted on the roof of the Club Sportivo Pereyra in the Barracas neighbourhood, in the south of the Argentine capital. Photo: Florencia Martin/dpa