Category:Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome, Italy

The 'Sistine Chapel is the main chapel of the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope in the Vatican City, Rome, Italy.

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Overview

The chapel was built in the 14th cent. During the reign of Pope Sixtus IV, the internal walls were decorated in 1480-82 by a team of artists including Pietro Perugino, Sandro Botticelli, and others, with a cycle of frescoes illustrating the lives of Moses and Jesus.

Later, under the patronage of Julius II, Michelangelo decorated the ceiling in 1508-12 with a cycle of Biblical stories. Finally, in 1535-41, Pope Alexander III commissioned Michelangelo's painting of the Last Judgment on the Altar Wall.

Decorations on the walls

Stories from the Life of Moses (southern & eastern wall )

• Moses Leaving Perugino.jpg

  Moses Leaving to Egypt (1482 Perugino), art

• Moses Trials Botticelli.jpg

  The Trials of Moses (1482 Botticelli), art

• Moses Red Sea Rosselli.jpg

  Crossing of the Red Sea (1482 Rosselli, or Ghirlandaio, or Tucci), art

• Moses Sinai Rosselli.jpg

  Descent from Mount Sinai (1482 Rosselli), art

• Moses Rebels Botticelli.jpg

  Punishment of the Rebels (1482 Botticelli), art

• Moses Death.jpg

  • Testament and Death of Moses (Signorelli, Bartolomeo della Gatta), art]]

• Disputation over Moses' Body by Matteo da Lecce (1574)

Stories from the Life of Jesus (northern & eastern wall)

Baptism of Christ by Pietro Perugino and assistants Temptation of Christ by Sandro Botticelli

Call of the First Disciples (1481 Ghirlandaio), art

Sermon on the Mount, attributed to Cosimo Rosselli Delivery of the Keys by Pietro Perugino Last Supper by Cosimo Rosselli

Resurrection of Christ by Hendrick van den Broeck (1572)

Decorations of the Ceiling

Biblical Stories

Prophets

Sibyls

Jesus' Ancestors

The Altar Wall