Why it matters
Christ sits in judgement while Saint Michael weighs souls, sending the damned to Hell and the saved to heaven with Saint Peter. Commissioned for the Badia Fiesolana, the triptych was captured at sea by a privateer from Danzig and never reached Italy.
Did you know?
- It was painted between 1467 and 1471.
- It was commissioned by Angelo Tani, an agent of the Medici in Bruges.
- The sinner in Michael's scale is a portrait of Tommaso Portinari.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Last Judgment (Memling) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
