Netherlandish School, c. 1540-50

The judgement of a soul

Details

Netherlandish School, c. 1540-50
The judgement of a soul
oil on panel
42.2 x 27.9 cm.

Literature

S. Balace and A. de Poorter, Tussen Hemel en Hel. Sterven in de middeleeuwen, 600-1600, Brussels, 2010, p. 281, no. 165, ill. p. 172.

Exhibited

Brussels, Jubelparkmuseum, Tussen Hemel en Hel. Sterven in de middeleeuwen, 2 December 2010 – 24 April 2011.

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Lot Essay

The extraordinary iconography of a single soul being judged in a contemporary Flemish landscape is seldom in paintings and probably derives from Books of Hours. Apart from a painting by Lucas Cranach I in the Museum der Bildende Kunste, Leipzig, the theme is represented in the Rohan Book of Hours of 1415-16 (Bibliotheque National, Paris) and the Katharina van Kleef Book of Hours (Pierpont Morgan Library, New York) (see S. Balace and A. de Poorter, op. cit., p. 281).

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