D - DRAPES, PORTRAITS OF POPES AND BENCHES
According to the collective contract signed on 27 October 1481 between Sixtus IV and Giovannino di Dolci, it was known that a group of six painters had to perform for the Pope the decoration of the two side walls of the chapel, that is, twelve frescoes, of the drapes in the eye as well as a papal gallery. The benches were also of their design. That's how they delivered the two painted walls, 28 papal portraits, and a blue vault on which white wax balls were glued, giving the impression of a constellation of stars when the candles éclairaient the chapel.
Their contract was then completed with a decoration project of the two remaining walls, that of the choir and that of the main door. The same group of artists devoted themselves to it, but 2 frescoes, The Discovery of Moses and The Nativity of Jesus, and 4 papal portraits disappeared under the last judgment of Michelangelo.
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