The final judgment (South Dutch school)


The Last Judgment is a 1413 painting attributed to the Flemish Primitive Lieven van den Clite.

The painting gives a Christian interpretation of the day of judgment. Freely central to this painting is to see Jesus Christ who cares about his people's final judgment. If you're 'virtually drawing' Jesus' legs, you'll see an oval that divides the entire painting into different parts. A first part is the circle between Jesus' legs. This depicts people who pray for Jesus. This probably represents the purgatory. The people are on the same ground as the people in hell, but they still pray for Jesus, and therefore fall under his protection. The second part is to distinguish hell. This second part includes the rest of the ground. There are still people who see Jesus' mercy, but they are dragged to hell by the demons. Hell can be distinguished in the lower right corner. A third part is heaven. This is the section in the sky, where we clearly fly angels, and a tower or church.

The work is in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels



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