Last Judgment, Aert Pietersz., 1611

Identification

Title(s)

Last Judgment

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-2538

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘A. 1611 AP’

Description

Ronde voorstelling van het Laatste Oordeel. In de hemel troont Christus tussen heiligen en engelen met de passiewerktuigen. In de wolken blazen engelen op bazuinen. Op aarde rijzen de doden uit hun graven, in het midden de aartsengel Michaël. Links engelen met de geredde zielen, rechts trekken duivels aan de verdoemden. In de vier hoeken de symbolen van de evangelisten met banderollen.

Creation

Artist

painter: Aert Pietersz.

Dating

1611

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 200 cm × width 200 cm
depth 9.3 cm

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

purchase Dec-1911

Copyright

Public domain

Relations

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.7844

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