The Last Judgment

Cleve, Joos van (died 1540 or 1541)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1520-1525
Height:
123.8 cm  (48 3/4 in.)
Width:
86.4 cm  (34 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on wood
School:
Netherlandish

Description

On the lower part: a large group of naked people, divided into two groups by an angel (Saint Michael); on the upper part: Jesus Christ on a cloud surrounded by sixteen angels with saints and one angel on each side; both blowing fantastically long, curved trumpets.

People as subjects

Jesus Christ

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)

Trumpet [4446]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3797