On the chapel's altar wall is Michelangelo's tempestuous Last Judgment, begun 23 years after the ceiling's completion in 1512, when he was 60 and imbued with deep religious soul-searching.
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Michaelangelo was 60 years old when he first began creating the Last Judgement.
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Michaelangelo started making the Last Judgement shortly after he turned 30.