The Last Judgment

c. 1480/1490

Francesco di Lorenzo Rosselli

Associated Names
Francesco di Lorenzo Rosselli
Artist, Florentine, 1445 - 1513 or before
Fra Angelico
Artist After, Florentine, c. 1395 - 1455
The artwork is a detailed black and white engraving depicting a scene of The Last Judgment. It features a central figure seated within an almond-shaped mandorla surrounded by an array of angels and saints, positioned in the upper section of the image. The figures are intricately detailed, with varied expressions and gestures. Below, there are numerous human figures arranged in groups, with the blessed on the left and the damned on the right. The lower right corner contains depictions of hell, with various scenes of torment labeled with Latin inscriptions. The composition is dense with figures and activity.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 35.6 x 49 cm (14 x 19 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1347

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 1, p.139, no. 7, State ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony [1797-1854], Dresden; (sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, no. 66); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1941

  • The First Century of Printmaking 1400-1500, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1941, no. 127.

1945

  • Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, IN, 1945, no. 14.

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 92.

1975

  • The Inspired Copy: Artists Look at Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975, no. 23.

Bibliography

1938

  • Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, no.12.

Wikidata ID

Q64955980