The Last Judgment
Datec. 1525
MediumPaint on wood panel
Dimensions22 3/4 x 23 7/8 in.
57.8 x 60.6 cm
57.8 x 60.6 cm
Credit LineGift of James E. Scripps
Object number89.35
ClassificationsPaintings
Curator NotesChrist, upper center, welcomes the saved with one hand while reaching out with the other toward John the Baptist. In the lower half, angels help souls out of the graves and herd them toward Paradise under the supervision of Peter. The right side is a volcanic ground with a colossal mouth as the entrance to Hell.
On View
Not on viewLocations
- Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, European Painting Storage, Screen 1, B
ProvenanceFrance, Collection Louis Philippe;
Brussels, Collection C.S. Nieuwenhuys;
Brussels, Collection John Nieuwenhuys, 1883;
Brussels, auction J. Nieuwenhuys (Englebert & Henri Le Roy), 4 May,
1883, lot 1 (as Jérome Van Aeken e. g. Hieronymus Bosch) dold to Bourgeois
for Belgian frs 6,000;
Paris, Bourgeois Frères, (dealer) 1883-1888;
Detroit, Collection James E. Scripps, Dec. 21, 1888, by whom given to
the DIA.
There are no works to discover for this record.