# The Dome of the Sistine Chapel

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## Artwork

- Artist: [NEBBIA, Cesare](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/nebbia-cesare-rbf7bc737a31cd8>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

The Sistine Chapel in the Santa Maria Maggiore \(not to be confused with the more famous Vatican counterpart, the Sistine Chapel\) is on a Greek cross plan, faced with marble and topped by a dome decorated with Mannerist paintings by a group of artists, directed by the best known of them, Cesare Nebbia.

## Related artworks

- [Christ Crowned with Thorns](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/nebbia-cesare-rbf7bc737a31cd8/christ-crowned-with-thorns-r1822302c1a432b>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)