The fresco depicts the Last Judgment, with numerous figures in dynamic poses, some ascending and others descending, set against a dramatic sky. The figures are rendered in shades of brown and black, emphasizing movement and emotion.

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The Last Judgement, Sistine Chapel, by Michelangelo

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James Anderson

British Photographer · 1813–1877

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James Anderson was born Isaac Atkinson in Blencarn, Cumberland, England and studied painting in Paris as William Nugent Dunbar. In 1838 he moved to Rome and began to produce sculpture as James Anderson, which remained his professional name. Eleven years later he took up photography, opening a studio in Rome in 1853. Anderson specialized in reproductions of works of art, publishing frequent catalog

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about 1855–1877
Medium
Albumen silver print
Culture
British
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
1c04af39-13e4-408f-9a59-2607746e6239
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