| The Last Judgment | |
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| Artist | Fra Angelico |
| Year | 1425–1430 |
| Medium | tempera on panel |
| Location | San Marco,Florence |
The Last Judgment (tempera on panel) is apainting by the Renaissance artistFra Angelico. It was commissioned by theCamaldolese Order for the newly elected abbot, the humanist scholarAmbrogio Traversari.[1] It is variously dated to c1425,[2] 1425–1430[3] and 1431.[1] It was originally sited in the church ofSanta Maria degli Angeli[2] and now is in the museum ofSan Marco, Florence. It is not to be confused with another Fra AngelicoLast Judgement in theGemäldegalerie, Berlin.
Like most of Fra Angelico's work, theiconography is standard for the contemporary treatments of the Last Judgement. Among the most common subjects of painting in churches, it is found more often on walls. In the top centre of the picture,Christ sits in judgement on a white throne surrounded byangels,Mary,John, and thesaints. Christ is shown as judge of the living and dead, his left hand pointing down toHell, his right up toHeaven. On Christ's right hand isparadise, with angels leading thesaved through a beautiful garden into a shining city. In the middle are the brokentombs of the risen dead, come out of their graves to be finallyjudged. On Christ's leftdemons drive the damned into Hell, where the wicked are tormented. At the very bottomSatan chews on three of the damned, and grasps two others.
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