{"id":86394,"date":"2026-02-03T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/?p=86394"},"modified":"2026-02-03T01:04:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:04:39","slug":"michelangelos-last-judgment-undergoes-maintenance-for-first-time-in-30-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2026\/02\/03\/michelangelos-last-judgment-undergoes-maintenance-for-first-time-in-30-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelangelo\u2019s Last Judgment undergoes maintenance for first time in 30 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nearly 30 years after the last restoration work, the Vatican Museums have begun extraordinary maintenance on Michelangelo\u2019s <em>Last Judgment<\/em> in the Sistine Chapel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the course of about three months, a team of specialists will remove the dirt that has built upon the masterpiece over time, which has diminished the work\u2019s brightness and contrast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sistine Chapel will remain open to visitors throughout the restoration process, but the cleaning will be carried out behind a canvas with a copy of the world renowned painting while specialists complete the restoration work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal is to recover Michelangelo\u2019s original painting, restoring <em>The Last Judgment<\/em> to its original power and impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project is supported by the Vatican Museums and by a regional delegation in Florida dedicated to funding this type of restoration work at the Vatican.<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 30 years after the last restoration work, the Vatican Museums have begun extraordinary maintenance on Michelangelo\u2019s Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel. Over the course of about three months, a team of specialists will remove the dirt that has built upon the masterpiece over time, which has diminished the work\u2019s brightness and contrast. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":86395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VbgB90xzofc","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmanutenzionecappellasistinaeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmanutenzionecappellasistinaint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86394"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86394"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86398,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86394\/revisions\/86398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}