In November 2008 a four year project to restore the ceiling fresco was completed.
He painted still lifes as well, but, like his ceiling frescoes, these have not survived.
There they view Michelangelo's ceiling frescoes from a construction elevator.
Seemingly every room inside has faux Corinthian columns and ceiling frescoes.
The small oil sketch, Telegraph, was probably completed around 1862, in preparation for the ceiling fresco.
There were indeed stars streaming all across the background of the ceiling fresco.
Monumental ceiling frescoes mainly date to the latter part of the seventeenth century.
The grand staircase with the single largest ceiling fresco in the world is the most unique part of the castle.
Come prepared for neck strain: the museum's most imposing artworks are the ceiling frescoes in the major rooms.
This extensive ceiling fresco is characteristic of the specific atmosphere in the church.