The Last Judgment, or
The Last Judgement , is a
fresco by the Italian Renaissance master
Michelangelo executed on the
altar wall of the
Sistine Chapel in
Vatican City. It is a depiction of the
Second Coming of Christ and the
final and eternal judgment by God of all humanity. The souls of humans rise and descend to their fates, as judged by Christ surrounded by prominent
saints including Saints Catherine of Alexandria,
Peter, Lawrence, Bartholomew, Paul, Sebastian, John the Baptist, and others.