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Judgment Day

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End of the world
Judgment of God
Judgment of God
End of the world

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Images from the collections

Images about Judgment Day

30 images from works
  • God and his angels sit in judgment; they divide humanity into the elect and the damned. Mezzotint by J. Stephenson after J. Martin.
  • Christ appears in the skies on the day of judgement. Engraving by J. Cole after M. Rota after Michelangelo.
  • Saint Jerome. Engraving by F. de La Mare-Richard after L. de La Hyre.
  • The naked are led to hell on the day of judgement. Etching.
  • The heavens open on the day of judgement; Christ appears above the coast of the Netherlands. Engraving, 16th century.
  • The four horsemen of the Apocalypse galloping through the clouds. Woodcut, 16th century.
  • The Last Judgment: the graves open and the dead emerge. Line engraving by P. de Jode the elder, 1615, after Jean Cousin the younger.
  • Two angels blowing trumpets, about to cause disaster at the Apocalypse. Woodcut, c. 16th century.
  • The ages of man represented in a step scheme; with the divine judgement under the stairs. Coloured etching.
  • The archangel Michael, holding a flaming sword and the scales of justice; in heaven the angels kneel before Christ; representing the Day of Judgement. Woodcut.

Works from the collections

41 works

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    The identification of the wicked and their descent into hell. Engraving by A. Collaert.

    Collaert, Adriaen, -1618. | Date: [between 1600 and 1699] | Reference: 2027433i
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    Lightning and stars fall on the earth on the day of Judgement; the sun and the moon hang simultaneously in the sky. Woodcut, 16th century.

    | Reference: 25036i
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    The Last Judgment: the graves open and the dead emerge. Line engraving by P. de Jode the elder, 1615, after Jean Cousin the younger.

    Cousin, Jehan, approximately 1522-approximately 1593. | Date: [between 1726 and 1738] | Reference: 46789i
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    God and his angels sit in judgment; they divide humanity into the elect and the damned. Mezzotint by J. Stephenson after J. Martin.

    Martin, John, 1789-1854. | Reference: 25055i
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    The last judgment. Etching by D. Cunego, 1780, after Michelangelo.

    Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564. | Date: 1780 | Reference: 3085992i

Related topics

Christianity
Death
Hell
Fires
Heaven
Angels
Punishment - Religious aspects
Trumpet
Monsters
Disasters

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