크고 흰 보좌에서 심판을 내리시다

 

 

 

 

(계 20:11)

○또 내가 크고 흰 보좌와 그 위에 앉으신 이를 보니 땅과 하늘이 그 앞에서 피하여 간 데 없더라 단2:35

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lucas van Leyden 1494 – 1533

The Last Judgment

oil on panel (301 × 435 cm) — 1527

  Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden

Lucas van Leyden biography

 

This work is linked to Revelation 20:11

 

large triptych by Lucas van Leyden. He made it for the Pieterskerk in his native city Leiden. It is one of few altarpieces that survived the 1566 iconoclast.

To the left is heaven, to the right hell. In the centre panel Jesus sits on his throne, accompanied by the apostles. Below them the Day of Judgment is happening.

On the back of the panels are depictions of Saints Peter and Paul, the patrons of the Pieterskerk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rogier van der Weyden 1399/1400 – 1464

The Last Judgment

oil on panel (215 × 560 cm) — 1443-1451

  Musée de l'Hôtel-Dieu, Beaune

Rogier van der Weyden biography

 

This work is linked to Revelation 20:11

 

This is the front side of the polyptych Van der Weyden made for a hospital in Beaune. (Reverse side) The huge work is still in the same building.

It was commissioned by Nicolas Rolin, the rich and powerful chancellor to the duke of Burgundy. In 1443 Rolin and his third wife Guigone de Salins founded the Hospices de Beaune, a hospital for the poor. In those days it was thought that in order to recover from illness it was necessary to be of pure spirit. The painting of the Last Judgement that the couple put up in the hospital ward shows what happens to those who are not in a state of spiritual grace.

In the lower part the dead rise from their graves. Their souls are weighed by the archangel Michael. Above the earth hangs heaven, with a golden background.

In the centre panel are Christ and the archangel Michael, who holds a scale. Next to them are Mary (on the left) and John the Baptist (right).

On the second row are the twelve apostles. Behind them are a pope, a king, a monk, and to the right three women.

The outer panels show the final destinations: paradise and hell.

The angels in the upper side panels hold symbols from Christ's Passion: the cross, the crown of thorns, the stick with the spunge with vinager, the lance that was used to prick into his side, and the pillar against which he was flagellated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rogier van der Weyden 1399/1400 – 1464

The Last Judgment - centre panel

oil on panel (215 × 101 cm) — 1443-1451

Musée de l'Hôtel-Dieu, Beaune

Rogier van der Weyden biography

 

This work is linked to Revelation 20:11

 

This is the centre panel of Van der Weyden's Beaune polyptych with the Last Judgment.

In the upper half Christ sits on his throne. Below him archangel Michael stands on Earth. In the scales he holds are two tiny figures, representing one man's good and bad sides.

Above the left figure's head is the text virtutes, virtues. Above the other figure's head it says peccata, sins. The figure on the right looks down and is horrified by the hell he sees. The other one, closer to heaven, prays in gratitude.