The Last Judgment polyptych

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The Last Judgment polyptych is a monumental 15th-century altarpiece by Rogier van der Weyden depicting the Christian Last Judgment in a richly detailed, multi-panel composition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious painting
altarpiece
polyptych
artist Rogier van der Weyden
artisticMedium oil paint
panel
collection Musée des Beaux-Arts de Beaune
commissionedBy Guigone de Salins
Nicolas Rolin
commissionedFor Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune hospital
countryOfOrigin Duchy of Burgundy
present-day Belgium
creator Rogier van der Weyden
depicts Archangel Michael
linked to: Saint Michael

Christ as Judge
linked to: The Last Judgment

Last Judgment
linked to: The Last Judgment

angels
angels with instruments of the Passion
heaven
hell
resurrection of the dead
saints
the damned
the saved
weighing of souls
genre religious art
hasLanguage Latin inscriptions
hasPart central panel
outer wings
predella
side panels
inception 15th century
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Beaune
Burgundy
France
location Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune
mainFigure Christ
movement Early Netherlandish painting
Northern Renaissance
notableWorkOf Rogier van der Weyden
purpose hospital chapel altarpiece
style complex multi-panel composition
detailed realism
subjectHeading Last Judgment in art
usedFor devotional contemplation
didactic illustration of Christian eschatology

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Rogier van der Weyden notableWork The Last Judgment polyptych
Rogier de le Pasture notableWork The Last Judgment polyptych
Nicolas Rolin commissioned Last Judgment polyptych (Hospices de Beaune)
linked to: The Last Judgment polyptych