Visitors to the Sistine Chapel for the next three months will see Michelangelo's "Last Judgement" replicated in high resolution on a canvas, behind which restorers from the Vatican Museums' Laboratory for the Restoration of Paintings and Wooden Materials will perform cleaning operations. The scaffolding has just been installed to allow the first extraordinary maintenance since the restoration completed in 1994. Michelangelo began painting the Last Judgement in the summer of 1536 and finished the massive work (about 180 square meters and 391 figures) in the fall of 1541. Over the last three decades, the Vatican Museums have regularly monitored the masterpiece, which has been subjected to the stress of millions of visitors. The fresco’s chromatic quality will be restored thanks in part to the support of the Florida Chapter of the Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums. The Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums are philanthropists who work to preserve the Vatican Museums' extensive and unique art collection. Their inception dates back to 1982, when the Vatican organized a traveling exhibition in the United States, visiting New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. The event piqued the interest of people who, from that point forward, wanted to help restore the pieces on display. Since then, the number of Patrons has continued to increase.