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The Sistine Chapel

South Wall


The six frescoes depicting scenes from the life of Christ
The Baptism of Christ by Botticelli, Sistine Chapel, Rome
The Baptism of Christ by Botticelli
In addition to the central scene of the baptism of Christ, there are two subsidiary scenes. On the left we see John the Baptist giving a sermon, while on the right we see Christ preaching. This is the only painting in the entire chapel to carry the name of the artist. We see the inscription, OPUS PETRI PERUSINI CASTRO PLEBIS, at the top of the painting. However, this was not painted by Perugino, but added, by an unknown hand, at a later date.
The Temptation of Christ by Botticelli, Sistine Chapel, Rome
The Temptation of Christ by Botticelli
Christ's threefold temptation by the devil, as described in St Matthew’s Gospel, can be seen in the background of the picture, where the devil is disguised as a hermit. In the top left corner, the devil is challenging Christ to turn stones into bread. In the centre, at the top of the fresco, we see the two figures standing on a temple, with the devil attempting to persuade Christ to cast himself down. In the top right corner, the devil tempts Christ with command of the world’s riches. However, Christ drives away the hermit, who finally reveals his true identity.
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Next to this scene we see that three angels have prepared a table for the celebration of the Eucharist, a scene which only becomes comprehensible when seen in conjunction with the event taking place in the foreground of the fresco. The prominent celebration of a Jewish sacrifice may be explained by seeing it as a reference to Christ’s sacrifice of himself through his crucifixion. This sacrifice is duly reconstructed in the celebration of the Eucharist, which is being prepared by the three angels. 
The Calling of the First Apostles by Ghirlandaio, Sistine Chapel, Rome
The Calling of the First Apostles by Domenico Ghirlandaio
In the centre of the fresco, Christ is blessing the brothers Simon Peter and Andrew, his first two disciples. They follow him and appear again in the background on the right. There they witness Christ calling James and John, who are sitting in a boat mending their nets with their father, Zebedee.
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This is the only fresco by Ghirlandaio to have survived; his painting of the Resurrection of Christ, on the entrance wall, was destroyed in 1522. Ghirlandaio returned to Florence in 1482 to get married. Six years later, a thirteen-year old boy would enter his workshop as an apprentice. Exactly two decades later, the erstwhile apprentice would begin work in the same chapel where his master had once been employed. The apprentice’s name was, of course, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. The master did not live to witness the phenomenal success of his pupil, having died in 1494.
The Sermon on the Mount by Rosselli, Sistine Chapel, Rome
The Sermon on the Mount by Cosimo Rosselli
In the centre of the painting we see Christ delivering his sermon, while his disciples huddle close together behind him. Further back we see the disciples approaching with their master. On the right hand side of the painting Christ is seen healing a leper.
Christ Consigns the Keys to Peter by Perugino, Sistine Chapel, Rome
Christ Consigns the Keys to Peter by Perugino
In the centre of the fresco, Christ hands a pair of gold and silver keys to St Peter. To either side are the rest of the Apostles, who, in turn, are flanked by figures in 15th century costume. The man, on the right, who stares out of the painting, has always been identified as Perugino, while the men behind him, respectively dressed in blue and red, may be portraits of the architect (Baccio Pontelli) and the master mason (Giovannino de’ Dolci). 
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In the middle distance are two subsidiary scenes, the Tribute Money on the left and the Stoning of Christ on the right. The background is closed off by a beautiful Renaissance church or temple, flanked by two ancient Roman triumphal arches. The buildings represent the worlds of Judaism and classical antiquity, cultures which, it was thought, prepared the way for Christianity.
The Last Supper by Cosimo Rosselli, Sistine Chapel, Rome
The Last Supper by Cosimo Rosselli
The chalice, which stands in the centre of an, otherwise, empty table, highlights the fact that we are seeing the institution of the Sacrament of the Eucharist, a symbol of the New Covenant between God and man. Judas sits isolated on one side of the table, with a devil perched on his right shoulder and his head capped by a dark halo.

There are three ‘window’ paintings in the background depicting Christ praying on the Mount of Olives, his Arrest and Crucifixion. In the centre of the octagonal, coffered ceiling we see the cleverly foreshortened coat of arms of Pope Sixtus IV.

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    • Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
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      • Chapel of St Helen
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      • Cappella Cerasi
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      • Chigi Chapel
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    • 'Sallustiano' Obelisk
    • 'Quirinale' Obelisk
    • 'Esquiline' Obelisk
    • 'Pinciano' Obelisk
    • 'Mediceo' Obelisk
    • 'Torlonia' Obelisks
    • 'Mussolini' Obelisk
    • 'Marconi' Obelisk
  • Mosaics
    • S. Agnese fuori le Mura
    • S. Cecilia in Trastevere
    • S. Clemente
    • S. Francesca Romana
    • S. Lorenzo fuori le Mura
    • S. Marco
    • S. Maria in Domnica
    • S. Maria in Trastevere
    • S. Maria Maggiore
    • S. Prassede
    • S. Pudenziana
    • S. Venanzio
    • S. Zenone
    • Ss. Cosma e Damiano
    • Ss. Nereo e Achilleo
  • Gallery
    • Ancient Rome
    • Churches
    • Domes
    • Fountains
    • Old Photographs
    • Palaces
    • Papal Coats of Arms
    • Street Shrines
  • Palazzi
    • Palazzo Barberini
    • Palazzo del Quirinale
    • Palazzo della Cancelleria
    • Palazzo della Consulta
    • Palazzo delle Esposizioni
    • Palazzo Farnese
    • Palazzo Farnesina
    • Palazzo Laterano
    • Palazzo Madama
    • Palazzo Spada
    • Palazzo Venezia
    • Villa Giulia
    • Villa Farnesina
    • Villa Medici
  • Galleries & Museums
    • Galleria Borghese
    • Galleria Colonna
    • Galleria Doria-Pamphilj
    • Musei Capitolini
  • Piazzas
    • Campo de' Fiori
    • Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta
    • Piazza del Campidoglio
    • Piazza del Popolo
    • Piazza del Quirinale
    • Piazza della Repubblica
    • Piazza Farnese
    • Piazza Navona
    • Piazza San Pietro
    • Piazza Vittorio
  • Miscellaneous
    • A Calendar of Saints
    • Antico Caffè Greco
    • Art of the Cosmati
    • Babington's Tea Rooms
    • Borromini & the Baroque
    • Catacombs
    • Cloisters
    • Column of the Immaculate Conception
    • Domes
    • EUR
    • Fascism
    • House of the Owls
    • Jewish Ghetto
    • Jubilee Years
    • Knights of Malta
    • Mithraism
    • Monumental Complex of S. Spirito in Sassia
    • Ponte Sisto
    • 'Protestant' Cemetery
    • Quartiere Coppedè
    • Spanish Steps
    • 'Talking' Statues
    • Tiber Island
    • Villa Borghese
    • Vittoriano
  • Rioni
    • Rione I - Monti
    • Rione II - Trevi
    • Rione III - Colonna
    • Rione IV - Campo Marzio
    • Rione V - Ponte
    • Rione VI - Parione
    • Rione VII - Regola
    • Rione VIII - Sant' Eustachio
    • Rione IX - Pigna
    • Rione X - Campitelli
    • Rione XI - Sant' Angelo
    • Rione XII - Ripa
    • Rione XIII - Trastevere
    • Rione XIV - Borgo
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  • Pictures from Italy
    • Florence >
      • A Literary Tour
      • Anna Maria Luisa: Last of the Medici
      • Casa-Galleria Vichi
      • Column of Justice
      • Column of St Zenobius
      • Cosimo I de' Medici
      • Cosimo II de' Medici
      • Costanza Bonarelli
      • David With Fig Leaf
      • Elizabeth Barrett Browning
      • Equestrian Statue of Cosimo I de' Medici
      • Equestrian Statue of Ferdinando I de' Medici
      • Festina Lente
      • Floods
      • Fontana del Bacchino
      • Fontana dei Puttini
      • Fountain of Neptune
      • Fountains of the Marine Monsters
      • Gian Gastone de' Medici
      • Girolamo Savonarola
      • Images of the Annunciation
      • Little Devil
      • Monument to Cellini
      • Palazzo Bartolini-Salimbeni
      • Palazzo Bianca Cappello
      • Palazzo Fenzi
      • Palazzo Viviani
      • Perseus and Medusa
      • Piazza Santa Maria Novella
      • Pope Leo XI
      • Porta della Mandorla
      • Rape of the Sabine Woman
      • Santa Maria Novella
      • Canons' Palace
      • Statue of Dante
      • Theft of the Century
      • Torre del Arnolfo
      • Twelve Good Men
      • Villa Gamberaia
      • Wheel of the Innocents
      • 'Wine Windows'
    • Lazio >
      • Bomarzo: Parco dei Mostri
      • Viterbo: Santa Rosa
    • Tuscany >
      • Arezzo: Giorgio Vasari
      • Lucca: Puccini
      • Pistoia: Ospedale del Ceppo
      • Siena: The Balzana
      • Siena: The Palio
    • Venice >
      • Ab Urbe Condita
      • Acqua Alta
      • Bartolomeo Colleoni
      • Barque of Dante
      • Burano
      • Caffè Florian
      • Daniele Manin
      • Flagpoles
      • Giustina Rossi
      • Gondolas
      • Harry's Bar
      • Henry James
      • House of Three Eyes
      • King Victor Emmanuel II
      • Map of Venice
      • Martinmas
      • Master of the House
      • Palazzo Contarini Fasan
      • Ponte Borgoloco
      • Ponte Chiodo
      • Punta del Dogana
      • Scacciadiavoli
      • Shrine of St Lucia
      • Sior Antonio Rioba
      • The 'Book Shitter'
      • The Lion's Mouth
      • Tommaso Rangone
      • Torcello
      • Venus
      • 'Viennese Oranges'
      • Wellheads
      • Winged Lions