A. Presti

Nov 29, 2023 | mdpi.com | Anthony Russell |Anthony Presti |A. Presti

1. IntroductionDespite the praise that was lavished on Michelangelo’s Last Judgment on its unveiling in 1541, it also immediately became an object of controversy (Figure 1 and Figure 2).1 In a letter of that same year to his patron Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga of Mantua, Nino Sernini anticipated that the work would provoke debate: “the work is of such beauty that your excellency can imagine that there is no lack of those who condemn it.