The Last Judgement

c. 1600

Léonard Gaultier, after Martino Rota, after Michelangelo

Associated Names
Léonard Gaultier

Artist, French, 1561 - 1641

Martino Rota

Artist After, Italian, c. 1520 - 1583

Michelangelo

Artist After, Florentine, 1475 - 1564

This is a drawing featuring multiple figures, some nude, spread across various levels of clouds and earth. A glowing figure with a radiant halo is central to the image, with a ladder leading upwards towards them. The surrounding figures are depicted in dynamic poses, suggesting tension, struggle, or exaltation. The scene is divided into a heavenly upper section with clouds and a chaotic lower section. The detailed line work and composition highlight the fantastical nature of the drawing, invoking themes of morality, divine intervention, or cosmic events.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(ABC Sale, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 1969); Robert Shalkop, Salisbury, NC; Andre Goforth, CA; gift to NGA, 2019.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: no. 18, i/ii

1939

  • IFF (1600): no. 17, i/ii

Inscriptions

in image, upper center around bust: MICHAEL ANGELVS BONAROTVS PATRICIVS FLORENT. AN. AG. LXXIII; in image, lower left: leonardus gaultier fecit

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