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Revision as of 18:17, 25 March 2015
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Biagio da Cesena was a 16th century Italian male who served as Papal Master of Ceremonies who became widely known for his negative reaction to the nude figures presented in Michelangelo's painting of The Last Judgment.
He said of the fresco, "...it was mostly disgraceful that in so sacred a place there should have been depicted all those nude figures, exposing themselves so shamefully." da Cesena went on to say the painting was more suitable "for the public baths and taverns" than a Papal chapel. In response Michelangelo worked Cesena's face into the scene as Minos, judge of the underworld (far bottom-right corner of the painting) with Donkey ears (i.e. indicating foolishness), while his nudity is covered by a coiled snake. It was widely said that when Cesena complained to the Pope, the pontiff joked that his jurisdiction did not extend to hell and the portrait would have to remain.[1]
- ^ Reported by Lodovico Domenichi in Historia di detti et fatti notabili di diversi Principi & huommi privati moderni (1556), p. 668