Last Judgment
Artist
Masters of the Gold Scrolls
Datec. 1440
MediumTempera, burnished and liquid gold, and ink on vellum
DimensionsImage: 6 3/8 x 19 9/16 inches (16.2 x 49.7 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/8 x 5 3/8 inches (18.1 x 13.7 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/8 x 5 3/8 inches (18.1 x 13.7 cm)
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LinePurchase, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University Fund for Acquisitions
Object number2010.5.1
Collections
- MEDIEVAL
- PROVENANCE RESEARCH
Label TextThe text of this page includes the first few lines of the seven penitential psalms from a book of hours. In the illumination we see Christ sitting on a celestial rainbow judging the dead, who are rising up from the ground. The Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist intercede on their behalf. Two angels in the heavens blow trumpets to signal the end of the world and the coming of the New Jerusalem that follows afterward.
ProvenancePossibly Philip Duschnes [1897-1970]; by inheritance to Fanny Duschnes [1898-1989]. (Bruce Ferrini, Akron, Ohio); purchased by Dr. Robert Parsons, Wilmington, NC; purchased July 8, 2010 by Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.