The Last Judgment
1565, Artist: Frans de Vriendt, gen. Floris
The Last Judgment
The Romanist Floris was one of the most widely admired and highly paid painters of his time. In his search for new possibilities, the artist sought to give his Last Judgment a psychological dimension by using “close-ups” of the damned to underline the horror of the scene. On the stone base is a Latin inscription (from the Sixth Book of Solomon): “Then those who do justice will be justly judged, and those who are judged shall know themselves accountable.”
Object data
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Netherlandish
Dated
1565
Artist
Frans de Vriendt, gen. Floris (1519/1520 - 1570 Antwerpen) - GND
Material
Canvas
Dimensions
162 cm × 220 cm
Framed: 190,5 cm × 247 cm × 8,5 cm
Signed
Inscribed at lower left on the stone base: FF. ANTVERPIEN. INVE. FAC. 1565
Inscribed
auf dem Quader die Inschrift: QVI CVSTODIE RINT IVSTITIAM. IVSTE IVDECABV. TVR. ET QVI DI. DICERINT IVSTA IVENIENT QVID RESPONDEANT. SAP. 6
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Inv. No.
Gemäldegalerie, 3581
Provenance
1621 documented in Prague; Coll. Leopold Wilhelm
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