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.

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.

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

• Moses Leaving to Egypt by Pietro Perugino and assistants
• The Trials of Moses by Sandro Botticelli and his workshop
• The Crossing of the Red Sea by Cosimo Rosselli, Domenico Ghirlandaio or Biagio di Antonio Tucci
• Descent from Mount Sinai by Cosimo Rosselli or Piero di Cosimo
• Punishment of the Rebels by Sandro Botticelli
• Testament and Death of Moses by Luca Signorelli or Bartolomeo della Gatta

• 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)