Van der Weyden, Rogier (2) 로히어르 판 데르 베이던
Rogier van der Weyden 1399/1400 – 1464
The Last Judgment - centre panel
oil on panel (215 × 101 cm) — 1443-1451
Rogier van der Weyden biography
This work is linked to Revelation 20:11
Art and the Bible - Revelation 20 - New Testament
Revelation 20 1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3 And cast him
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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.