Michelangelo spent years painting The Last Judgment on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel.

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Biagio da Cesena, the Pope’s master of ceremonies, was not impressed.

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Too many naked people.

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He complained that all that nudity belonged in bathhouses and taverns—not the Pope’s chapel.

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Michelangelo took the criticism well.

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Just kidding.

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He painted Cesena into The Last Judgment.

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Naked.

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In Hell.

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As Minos, judge of the damned.

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And because apparently naked and damned wasn't quite enough, Michelangelo wrapped a snake around him.

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And some very private parts that became not so private after that.

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500 years have passed

 

And every year, millions from around the world visit the Sistine Chapel.

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And Biagio da Cesena is still there.

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Naked.

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In Hell.​