The Sistine Chapel will cost you. But Caravaggio in San Luigi dei Francesi is free, and nobody is queuing.
The Uffizi in Florence will set you back €25. The Louvre in Paris is €17. The Vatican Museums, which contain the Sistine Chapel, charge €20 and require booking weeks in advance in summer. All of this is reasonable — great institutions and the works they contain cost a lot of money to maintain — but it tends to obscure a fact that art historians know and most tourists miss: Some of the most important works in the history
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