Last Judgment Triptych. The Last Judgment is a triptych of disputed authorship, either by Hieronymus Bosch, his workshop, or a collaboration between artist and workshop.
It was created after 1486. The triptych currently resides at the Groeningemuseum in Bruges, Belgium.
The outside of the shutters are painted in grisaille, while the inside shutters and center are oil on panel. The work belonged to E. Gravet's collection, and then to that of Seligman, in Paris.
In 1907 it was acquired by A. Bernaert, who donated it to the city of Bruges. In 1936 it was cleaned and was restored again in 1959.
In that occasion, the grisaille painting of the external shutters were discovered, although damaged. The painting above the internal frames is lost. The attribution of the work is dubious, due to its mediocre quality. Dendrochronologic analysis dated it from not before 1486. The painting's composition has similarities to The Last Judgment triptych in Vienna and The Garden of Earthly Delights: both show the Garden of Eden in the left panel and the Hell at right. Like in other contemporary Flemish triptychs, the shutters are externally painted in grisaille with an Coronation with Thorns. In the central panel is Christ as a judge within a celestial sphere, flanked by angels who are playing the Trumpets of Last Judgement, and by the apostles. Below him is the punishment of sinners which, like the Last Judgement of Vien
It was created after 1486. The triptych currently resides at the Groeningemuseum in Bruges, Belgium.
The outside of the shutters are painted in grisaille, while the inside shutters and center are oil on panel. The work belonged to E. Gravet's collection, and then to that of Seligman, in Paris.
In 1907 it was acquired by A. Bernaert, who donated it to the city of Bruges. In 1936 it was cleaned and was restored again in 1959.
In that occasion, the grisaille painting of the external shutters were discovered, although damaged. The painting above the internal frames is lost. The attribution of the work is dubious, due to its mediocre quality. Dendrochronologic analysis dated it from not before 1486. The painting's composition has similarities to The Last Judgment triptych in Vienna and The Garden of Earthly Delights: both show the Garden of Eden in the left panel and the Hell at right. Like in other contemporary Flemish triptychs, the shutters are externally painted in grisaille with an Coronation with Thorns. In the central panel is Christ as a judge within a celestial sphere, flanked by angels who are playing the Trumpets of Last Judgement, and by the apostles. Below him is the punishment of sinners which, like the Last Judgement of Vien
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