Patches of calcium lactate have dulled the colors of the famous 16th-century mural, which hasn't been cleaned since 1994.

Vatican conservators are removing sweat residue from Michelangelo’s Last Judgement to restore its original vibrant colors. Daily crowds cause condensation, with lactic acid deposits forming a white ...

As the Sistine Chapel masterpiece is given a facelift, new aspects of the painter’s genius are coming to light ...

Millions of visitors may have been damaging the Sistine Chapel’s “Last Judgement” over the years without knowing it. Now, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel - which has Michelangelo's soaring Last Judgment on one wall - to begin the ...

Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel fresco has been cleaned for the first time in decades after human sweat damaged the painting.

VATICAN CITY — 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 ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A thin, white film caused by decades of rising visitor numbers has dulled the dramatic contrasts of Michelangelo’s 'Last Judgment' in the Sistine Chapel. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — “The ...

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. (AP ...