UNKNOWN ICON PAINTER, Russian
(active 16th century in Novgorod)

The Last Judgment

16th century
Egg tempera on gessoed panel with gilding, 177 x 120 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

This elaborate, multifigure composition has, at the top, Christ in judgment surrounded by the apostles. Below, on the left, is an allegorical depiction of Paradise; on the right are the Earth and Sea.




© Web Gallery of Art, created by Emil Krén and Daniel Marx.