Michelangelo’s Last Judgement
Michelangelo’s other, huge masterpiece in the Sistine Chapel.
Crying in the wilderness: Caravaggio’s final St John
A work as mysterious as the events surrounding the artist’s death
Foundation of the Vatican Library, Melozzo da Forlì
Humanism, antiquity and family values
Michelangelo’s Pietà
‘I’m no painter’
Caravaggio, Santa Maria del Popolo
‘Egregius in urbe pictor’
Caravaggio, San Luigi dei Francesi
The paintings by which the irascible artist made his name
Jake Plenderleith 