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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

Heavenly and hellish realms unfold across three panels in meticulous oil detail, with Christ enthroned centrally above a resurrection of the dead. Memling's monumental triptych synthesizes Flemish precision with theological drama, establishing the Last Judgment as a masterpiece of Northern Renaissance devotional art.

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