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The Last Judgment
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sistine Chapel Altar Wall, Fresco, The Last Judgment (Fresco, Sistine Chapel Altar Wall), Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564. Michelangelo, la Cappella Sistina
fresco by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel
Key facts
- Artist
- Michelangelo
- Year
- 1536–1541
- Type
- Fresco
- Dimensions
- 13.7 m × 12 m (539.3 in × 472.4 in)
- Location
- Sistine Chapel , Vatican City
- Preceded by
- Sistine Chapel ceiling
- Followed by
- The Conversion of Saul
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Encyclopedic overview
Mary and Christ The Last Judgment (Italian: Il Giudizio Universale) is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Michelangelo covering the whole altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. It is a depiction of the Second Coming of Christ and the final and eternal judgment by God of all humanity. The dead rise and descend to their fates, as judged by Christ who is surrounded by prominent saints. Altogether there are over 300 figures, with nearly all the males and angels originally shown as nudes; many were later partly covered up by painted draperies, of which some remain after recent cleaning and restoration.
The work took over four years to complete between 1536 and 1541 (preparation of the altar wall began in 1535). Michelangelo began working on it 25 years after finishing the Sistine Chapel ceiling, and was nearly 67 at its completion. He had originally accepted the commission from Pope Clement VII, but it was completed under Pope Paul III whose stronger reforming views probably affected the final treatment.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Last Judgment” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.