A Visit With Jesus

Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Entrance Wall

The entrance wall completes the chapel's parallel cycles of Christ and Moses. The Resurrection of Christ and the Dispute over the Body of Moses replace frescoes damaged when the entrance architrave collapsed in 1522. Select a fresco, one of Michelangelo's two lunettes, or one of the four papal portraits to explore its artwork and history.

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