  About the Artwork
  
  
  In this depiction of the final and eternal judgment of all mankind by God, Christ reigns in glory in the heavens, surrounded by angels and saints. At the lower left, a line of people stands at the gates of heaven, hoping for admission by Saint Peter. At the lower right, those unfortunates who have already been found unworthy are subjected to a variety of torments, some inflicted by beasts of the artist’s invention. The scene contains droll details — for example, one wide-eyed monster has seized the leg of a hapless human and pulls eagerly — that suggest that Jan Provost brought a certain humor to this richly detailed, colorful, and dramatic composition. Provost had a prolific and multifaceted career not only as a painter but also as a cartographer, engineer, and architect. He simultaneously maintained two painting workshops in the Low Countries, one in Bruges and one in the powerful economic center of Antwerp, where he met Albrecht Dürer.
  
  
  Title
  The Last Judgment
  
  
  Artwork Date
  c. 1525
  
  Artist
  Jan Provost
  
  
  
  Life Dates
  ca. 1465 - 1529 and 1532
  
  
  
  
  Nationality
  
  
  
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  Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation.
  
  
  
  Netherlandish
  
  
  
  Culture
  
  
  
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  Medium
  Oil on oak panel
  
  
  Dimensions
  Unframed: 22 3/4 × 23 7/8 inches (57.8 × 60.6 cm)
  Framed: 29 5/8 × 30 9/16 × 3 inches (75.3 × 77.6 × 7.6 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Paintings
  
  
  Department
  European Painting
  
  
  Credit
  Gift of James E. Scripps
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  89.35
  
  
  Copyright
  Public Domain
