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The Last Judgment and the Crucifixion
(Medieval Europe )
These two panels are the wings from a private devotional triptych (three-panel painting). In the Last Judgment scene, Christ arrives in glory to judge the dead, who rise from their tombs expressing hope, awe, and fear. Christ's right hand is turned palm upward to indicate that those on his right side will be saved, while his down-turned left hand is aligned with the mouth of hell, into which a devil drags a female sinner by her hair. Look closely at the Crucifixion; at least eleven angels once surrounded Christ's body. Free-hand drawings of their haloes and bodies can still be seen scratched into the gold ground.
For more information on these panels, please see Zeri catalogue number 5, pp. 10-11.
Provenance
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Metzger Gallery, Florence [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [dae and mode of acquisition unknown] [1881 catalogue: no. 9-10 as Giotto; 1897 catalogue: no. 59 as School of Giotto]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| Examination | examined for condition | |
| Technical Report | other | |
| 1/1/1900 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 11/23/1953 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 2/12/1957 | Treatment | other |
| 12/9/1959 | Treatment | cleaned; other |
| 1/12/1960 | Treatment | cleaned; loss compensation; coated; other |
| 2/10/1962 | Treatment | re-housed |
| 1/1/1965 | Technical Report | other |
| 3/19/1997 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
Geographies
Italy, Florence (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Panel H: 13 1/2 x W: 4 15/16 x D: 3/16 in. (34.3 x 12.5 x 0.5 cm); Painted surface of each panel H: 13 5/16 x W: 4 5/8 in. (33.8 x 11.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.722