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Photos of the Sistine Chapel

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This gallery of 77 photos accompanies our article on the Sistine Chapel. Click any image to enlarge or start at the beginning for a virtual tour.

  • Temptation of Chirst by Botticelli
  • Wall Fresco of Crossing of Red Sea by Cosimo Rosselli
  • Aerial View
  • Barn-Like Exterior of Sistine Chapel is Quite Contrast with Splendor Inside
  • Original Exterior of Sistine Chapel Before Later Changes
  • View of Sistine Chapel from Next to St. Peter's Basilica. Line is for Dome and Tower Of
  • Exterior View of Sistine Chapel from Alongside St. Peter's Basilica
  • Portrait of Michelangelo Buonarroti
  • Original Interior
  • Interior of Sistine Chapel
  • Interior of Sistine Chapel
  • Door in Marble Screen That Divides Nave for Laity from Presbytery for Clergy
  • A Peek at Ceiling from Marble Screen
  • In Addition to Ceiling
  • Sistine Chapel Ceiling
  • Sistine Chapel Ceiling
  • Interior of Sistene Chapel
  • First Scene in Narrative of Creation on Ceiling
  • Detail of Separation of Light from Darkness
  • Creation of Sun
  • Separation of Land from Water
  • Detail of Separation of Land from Water
  • Creation of Adam
  • Creation of Adam
  • Detail of Creation of Adam
  • Detail of Creation of Adam
  • Detail of Creation of Adam
  • Face of God
  • Creation of Eve from Adam's Rib
  • Creation of Eve from Adam's Rib
  • Detail of Creation of Eve from Adam's Rib
  • Temptation and Fall of Adam and Eve
  • Temptation of Adam and Eve
  • Fall of Adam and Eve
  • Sacrifice of Noah
  • Detail of Sacrifice of Noah
  • Detail of Sacrifice of Noah
  • Flood
  • Flood
  • Detail from Flood
  • Drunkenness of Noah
  • Putti
  • Ceiling Medallion
  • Ceiling Medallion
  • Sistine Chapel Ceiling
  • Sistine Chapel Ceiling
  • Prophet Zechariah
  • Prophet Joel
  • Erythraean Sibyl
  • Prophet Ezekiel
  • Persian Sibyl
  • Prophet Jeremiah
  • Prophet Jonah
  • Libyan Sibyl
  • Prophet Daniel
  • Cumaean Sibyl
  • Prophet Isaiah
  • Delphic Sibyl
  • 8 Triangular Spandrels Depict Ancestors of Christ
  • Corner Pendentive Depicting Brazen Serpent
  • Corner Pendentive Depicting David and Goliath
  • Corner Pendentive Depicting Judith and Holofernes
  • Corner Pendentive Depicting Punishment of Haman
  • In Addition to Ceiling
  • Michelangelo's Other Great Work is Last Judgment
  • Closer View of Central Scene Around Last Judgment by Michelangelo
  • Detail of Christ and Mary in Michelangelo's Last Judgment
  • Detail of Last Judgment
  • Detail of Last Judgment
  • Detail of Last Judgment
  • Detail of Last Judgment
  • Detail of Last Judgment
  • Detail of Last Judgment
  • Charon
  • Frequently-Overlooked Wall of Sistine Chapel
  • Lunette with Popes
  • Fresco of Sixtus II by Botticelli


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