The Last Judgment is a famous fresco executed by Michelangelo Buonarroti between 1535 and 1541 in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican. The painting measures 1370 cm × 1220 cm and was executed after an order of Pope Clement VII (the execution was planned to last six years, but it actually took sixteen).

Michelangelo returned to Rome in 1532 after several years in Florence after Clement VII pardoned him for taking the side of Charles V. He then asked Michelangelo to paint both walls of the Sistine Chapel. The Last Judgment represents the return of Christ and the apocalypse.

The Crucifixion of St. Peter is a fresco painting Michelangelo Buonarroti executed between 1546-1550. Its dimensions are not less than 625 cm x 662 cm and is located in the Cappella Paolina, Vatican Palace; Vatican City. The Crucifixion of Saint Peter was Micheangelos last fresco.

The work shows the moment just before St. Peter’s martyrdom, when the Roman soldiers raise him on the cross. Pain and suffering are the main aspects highligted by Buonarroti.

Pope Paul ordered this fresco in 1541, the last restoration was finished just in 2009. Just then, a small self portrait of Michelangelo himselv was belived to be found in the painting. Maurizio De Luca, inspector and chief restorer of the Vatican claimed that he had identified Buanorroti as the figure wearing a blue turban among one of three riders in the top left of the fresco.

Michelangelo Tondo Doni or Doni Madonna

Tondo Doni is a panel paiting by Michelangelo Buonarroti and was executed between 1506-1508 in oil and tempera on wood. Its diameter is about 120 cm and it is currently located in Florence, Uffizi Gallery.

The Tondo Doni is one of the most famous paintings by Michelangelo Buonarroti, the highly appreciated Italian Renaissance artist and the first of his panel paintings. Moreover, it is the single painting of this kind which has been finished, at least when it comes to the three which have survived.

The painting is named after its first owner, Tondo Doni, sometimes it is named Doni Madonna. The painting shows the Holy Family with the Infant Jesus. In the middle ground, right behind the wall, which separates the Holy Family in the foreground from the background a small boy is wears a camel coat. Thus, he is often identified as John the Baptist. The five nude persons in the background – actually the whole painting – have been subject to various speculations.

Until the 17th Century it was generally believed to be a simple devotional motif. Afterwards the first attempts arose to see Doni Tondi as an allegory. One interpretation identifies the Holy Family as the Catholic Church while the nudes in the background could symbolize the antiquity.