Christ pronounces the Last Judgement, seated on a rainbow. Next to him, a lily and a sword can be seen. The dead rise: on the left, the blessed are taken up into heaven; on the right, devils lead the wicked to the mouth of hell. Below the scene are two two-line verses in Latin and Dutch.
| Artist |
Pieter van der Heyden
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Pieter I Bruegel
RKD
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Hieronymus Cock
RKD
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| Title | The Last Judgement |
| Date | 1558 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Location | Antwerp TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-PJ |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-PJ |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11757/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
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religious symbolism
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11G angels Iconclass 11G21 angels singing, making music Iconclass 11H saints Iconclass 11HH female saints Iconclass 11K devil(s) and demons Iconclass 11K4 activities of devil(s) Iconclass 11K43 devil or demons attacking mortals Iconclass 11L541412 Last Judgement (as one of the Four Last Things) Iconclass 11T hell and purgatory Iconclass 11T2(+4) symbols of hell (+ devil(s)) Iconclass 11T41 entrance of hell as monstrous mouth (of Leviathan) Iconclass 11T5 the damned souls, and their punishment Iconclass 11U Last Judgement Iconclass 11U1 Category 92880 Iconclass 11U21 resurrection of the dead ~ Last Judgement Iconclass 11U22 division of the blessed and the damned ~ Last Judgement Iconclass 11U3 symbols of Last Judgement Iconclass 11V87 praying for the living and the dead ~ one of the (seven) spiritual Acts of Mercy Iconclass 25F34 owls Iconclass 25F42 snakes Iconclass 25F6 fishes Iconclass 25F9 mis-shapen animals; monsters Iconclass 25G41(LILY) flowers: lily Iconclass 26B2 rainbow Iconclass 31A the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) Iconclass 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31F27 Death as devilish being Iconclass 41A343 ladder Iconclass 41B32 torch Iconclass 42E141 coffin Iconclass 45C13(SWORD) hacking and thrusting weapons: sword Iconclass 46C21 ships (in general) Iconclass 46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 48C73512 clarinet, bassoon, oboe, shawm Iconclass 53CC3 Supplication; 'Supplicatione' (Ripa) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
| Bruegel de Oude (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] |
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