Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475 – 1564
The Last Judgement (detail)
fresco — 1534-1541
Michelangelo Buonarroti biography
This work is linked to Revelation 18:2
Art and the Bible - Revelation 18 - New Testament
Revelation 18 1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become th
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A detail of Michelangelo's Last Judgment, showing the underworld. Charon chases the damned from his boat into Hell, where Minos (with snake) is waiting, ready to judge them.
Charon and Minos are figures from Greek mythology and from Inferno, the first part of Dante Alighieri's Divina Commedia.
According to the author Vasari the head of Minos is a portrait of the papal master of ceremonies. While the work was still in progress, this man complained about the amount of nudity in it. Michelangelo may have cast him as King of the Underworld for spite.
This picture was taken before the latest cleaning operation.
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