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Michelangelo's 'The Last Judgment' fresco undergoes 3-month cleaning at Sistine Chapel
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FILE - A visitor kneels in front of the Last Judgement fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Michelangelo inside the Sistine Chapel in Rome, May 3, 2021. - photo by AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgment,” the imposing fresco of heaven and hell which dominates the Sistine Chapel, is undergoing its first major restoration in three decades, the Vatican said Monday. The Sistine Chapel will remain open to visitors during the three-month cleaning, albeit with scaffolding partially obstructing the view of the fresco, the Vatican Museums said in a statement. The cleaning, the first major restoration since 1994, will remove microparticle buildup on the plaster from so many people visiting each day.