Laatste Oordeel, Johannes Wierix, after Bernardino Passeri, 1593

Identification

Title(s)

Laatste Oordeel
Feria II. Post Domin. I. Qvadrag (title on object)

Object type

print

Serial number

99/153

Object number

RP-P-OB-67.222

Catalogue reference

Hollstein Dutch 288-2(3)

Inscriptions / marks

collector's mark: Lugt 2165

Description

Christus zit op een wolk naast Maria. Hij treedt op als rechter, zijn arm geheven. Hij wordt omringd door groepen met cherubijnen, heiligen en apostelen. Onderaan de verdoemden die door duivels worden gefolterd in de hel. Bij verschillende elementen uit de voorstelling staan letters die corresponderen met de legenda in de marge.

Creation

Artist

print maker: Johannes Wierix (mentioned on object)
after design by: Bernardino Passeri

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1593

Material and Technique

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 232 mm × width 145 mm

Explanatory note

Prent gebruikt in: Nadal, Jerónimo. Evangelicae Historiae Imagines. Antwerpen: Martinus Nutius, 1593.

Subject

What

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

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

unknown 2012

Copyright

Public domain

Relations

Documentation

The Wierix family : book illustrations part II, p. 42, cat.nr. 288

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.332965

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