6The Last Judgment Fresco

Nearly three decades after completing the ceiling, Michelangelo returned to the Sistine Chapel to paint “The Last Judgment” fresco on the altar wall.

This colossal masterpiece, completed in 1541, portrays the second coming of Christ and the final judgment of souls.

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