Michelangelo was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel frescoed earlier by Piero Matteo d'Amelia with a star-spangled sky. The work was completed between 1508 and 1512. He painted the Last Judgement over the altar, between 1535 and 1541, being commissioned by Pope Paul III Farnese. This monumental fresco covers the entire end wall of the chapel which led the obliteration of the frescoes painted at the time of Sixtus IV: the first figures of the popes, the first two scenes of the life of Christ and life of Moses, the image of the Virgin of Assumption (by Perugino), together with the first two lunettes, representing the Ancestors of Christ frescoed earlier by Michelangelo himself. The two large windows set into the altar wall were closed up.

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	Interior of the Sistine Chapel 1475-83, 1508-12, 1535-41 Frescoes Cappella Sistina, Vatican	860*1155 True Color 207 Kb
	Interior of the Sistine Chapel 1475-83, 1508-12, 1535-41 Frescoes Cappella Sistina, Vatican	889*1050 True Color 200 Kb
	Interior of the Sistine Chapel 1475-83, 1508-12 Frescoes Cappella Sistina, Vatican	1055*880 True Color 195 Kb
	Reconstruction of the interior 1480s Frescoes Cappella Sistina, Vatican	962*680 Grayscale 165 Kb
	Interior of the Sistine Chapel 1475-83, 1508-12 Frescoes Cappella Sistina, Vatican	1081*1074 True Color 186 Kb
	The ceiling 1508-12 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican	603*1719 True Color 196 Kb
	The ceiling 1508-12 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican	900*1183 True Color 217 Kb
	The ceiling 1508-12 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican	1719*603 True Color 196 Kb
	The ceiling (detail) 1508-12 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican	1440*444 True Color 164 Kb
	The ceiling (detail) 1508-12 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican	1240*530 True Color 179 Kb
	The ceiling (detail) 1508-12 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican	1248*550 True Color 159 Kb
	Lunette and Popes 1475-83, 1508-12 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican	813*1100 True Color 151 Kb
	Detail of the wall decoration 1475-83, 1508-12 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican	850*1012 True Color 203 Kb
	Exterior of the Sistine Chapel 1475-83 Photo Cappella Sistina, Vatican	702*880 True Color 126 Kb
	Exterior of the Sistine Chapel 1475-83 Drawing Cappella Sistina, Vatican	705*837 Grayscale 140 Kb

• Division of the ceiling frescoes
• Biblical Scenes (Genesis)
• Ignudi (decorative nude figures)
• Prophets
• Sibyls
• Frescoes in the corner pendentives
• Frescoes in the lunettes (Ancestors of Christ)
• Frescoes in the triangular spandrels (Ancestors of Christ)
• Medallions
• The Last Judgment