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The last judgment, after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The last judgment

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nachPieter Bruegel the Elder

The last judgment, 1558

Blatt: 225 x 294 mm

Inventory Number: 9240

Object Number: 9240 D

Acquisition: Ancient Holdings

Status: On display, Department of Prints and Drawings Exhibition Gallery

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: The last judgment

Inventor

afterPieter Bruegel the Elder

Production Place

Antwerp

Period Produced

16th century

Object Type

art print

Material

handmade paper

Technique

copperplate engraving

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Bezeichnet in der Platte unten links: .Brueghel.inuet; unten mittig: H.Cock. excude.cum. priuileg.1558; unten rechts: .PAME [Monogramm]; unten mittig: VENITE.BENEDICTI.PATRIS.MEI.IN.REGNVM.AETERNVM. / ITE.MALEDICTI.PATRIS.MEI.IN.IGNEM.SEMPITERNVM. // Compt ghij ghebenedijde mijns vaders hier. / En ghaet ghij vermaledijde in dat eewighe vier.

Captions Added Later: Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark: mittig links: Ziegenbock nach rechts, 90° gedreht, mit seitenverkehrtem Schriftzug vgl. "EGMONDENISE"

Work Catalogues: NHD (Bruegel) 8 I/II
Hollstein (III) 121
Hollstein (IX) 18

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Motifs and References

Iconclass

Primary

11ULast Judgement
11U1comprehensive representation of Last Judgement: Christ (with sword and lily), often surrounded by elders and sometimes accompanied by Mary and John the Baptist, appears in the sky with trumpeting angels (and sometimes angels holding the instruments of t...
11D324'Salvator Mundi', making a blessing gesture; an orb in his hand or at his feet
11T411entrance of hell as monstrous mouth (of Leviathan) in a landscape
11Kdevil(s) and demons

Secondary

46C232rowing-boat, canoe, etc.
26B2rainbow
31A45monsters of mixed human and animal shape; 'Mostri' (Ripa)
31A456monsters ~ fishes
25F34owls
31E3the corpse

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26.06.2026