The Last Judgment, Christ at top center surrounded by many figures, below figures sound trumpets and people are being forced from the boat into hell

ca. 1550–1600
Not on view
An earlier state of the print in the British Museum (1980,U.1467) has no lettering. There is no clue as to who the engraver might be.

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Object Information
  • Title: The Last Judgment, Christ at top center surrounded by many figures, below figures sound trumpets and people are being forced from the boat into hell
  • Artist: Anonymous
  • Artist: After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1550–1600
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 15 5/8 × 14 1/4 in. (39.7 × 36.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.50.19-148
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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