The Last Judgment

Van Eyck, Jan (ca.1390-1441)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1440-1441

Height:

56.5 cm  (22 1/4 in.)

Width:

19.7 cm  (7 3/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas, transferred from wood

Description

Depiction of the Last Judgment; at the top Jesus Christ surrounded by nine angels blowing straight trumpets.

People as subjects

Jesus Christ (Non-musician/dancer)

Iconclass

11U1
comprehensive representation of Last Judgement: Christ (with sword and lily), often surrounded by elders and sometimes accompanied by Mary and John the Baptist, appears in the sky with trumpeting angels (and sometimes angels holding the instruments of the Passion); after the resurrection of the dead the blessed are led to heaven by angels, and the damned are dragged into hell by devils

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

End-blown trumpet [6556]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3772