The last judgement

Unknown (Flemish)


Item type:
miniature
Date of creation:
late 15th century
Technique / Medium:
tempera on parchment
Place of creation:
Flanders
School:
Flemish

    Item location

  • Biblioteca Reale (Torino)
    [Museum inv. no.: ms Varia 88 (Book of Hours of Jean of Estoutville)]f. 70r

Description

In the upper part of the scene, Jesus Christ sitting on a rainbow; four angels with the symbols of the Passion and other two playing the trumpet; at his foot, the Virgin, St. John the Baptist and other Saints; in the lower part, dead men rise again from their graves. In the frame, a young man, birds and other animals, flowers.

People as subjects

Jesus Christ
St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)
St. John the Baptist

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Trumpet [4446] (Two trumpets; both are curved)

Bibliographic references

Santarelli, Cristina. “Iconografia musicale nei codici miniati delle biblioteche torinesi”, Miscellanea di studi (Istituto per i beni musicali in Piemonte) 6 (2006) 25-45.

RIdIM record id

3280