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The Damned in Hell by Luca Signorelli

The Damned in Hell
Luca Signorelli
c. 1499-1502
Fresco
Early Renaissance
Orvieto Cathedral

Luca Signorelli was a Renaissance painter, whose masterpiece is the massive fresco depicting the 'Last Judgment', painted in the Orvieto Cathedral in Umbria, Italy. Signorelli had a major influence on the later 'High Renaissance' painters, such as Raphael and Michelangelo, and his 'Last Judgment' fresco is typically viewed as a precursor to Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes.

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