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MEMLING, Hans: Last Judgment Triptych (open)

🖼 Last Judgment Triptych (open), 1467-71
Oil on wood (central) (each wing)
221 × 161 cm
Warsaw, Poland

Soaring angels and plummeting demons frame Christ in majesty above, while the dead rise from their graves below in intricate detail. Memling's sprawling composition epitomizes Northern Renaissance spirituality, synthesizing Flemish precision with apocalyptic grandeur to convey salvation's triumph.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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