“LAST JUDGEMENT” RETURNED TO ORIGINAL GLORY
Soon after Easter 2026, visitors to te Sistine Chapel in the Vatican Museum will be able to enjoy a fresh renewed vision of Michaelangelo's masterpiece, “The Last Judement”.
A team of skiled restorers are already on the scaffolding at work cleaning off the deposits of salification caused by the breath, sweat and body heat of the thousands of visitors who crowd into the chapel every day.
The last major restoration of the Chapel paintings took place some thirty years ago. This time, according to Vatican Museum director Barbara Jatta, the restoration will be lighter, involving careful removal of the strata of patchy white efflorescence that has formed over the intervening years, using distilled water and soft tissue paper.
In compensation for the scaffolding erected over 180 sqm of mural and the subsequent restricted view of the painting, visitors will be able to enjoy the rare and fascinating experience of watching the restorers at work.
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