The Last Judgment (Memling)

Hans Memling's Last Judgement, c. late 1460s, National Museum, Gdańsk

The Last Judgment is a triptych attributed to Flemish painter Hans Memling and painted between 1467 and 1471. It is now in the National Museum in Gdańsk in Poland. It was commissioned by Angelo Tani,^[1] an agent of the Medici at Bruges, but was captured at sea by Paul Beneke, a privateer from Danzig. A lengthy lawsuit against the Hanseatic League demanded its return to Italy. It was placed in the Basilica of the Assumption but in the 20th century it was moved to its present location.

The triptych depicts the Last Judgment during the second coming of Jesus Christ, the central panel showing Jesus sitting in judgment on the world, while St Michael the Archangel is weighing souls and driving the damned towards Hell (the sinner in St. Michael's right-hand scale pan is a donor portrait of Tommaso Portinari); the left hand panel showing the saved being guided into heaven by St Peter and the angels; and the right-hand panel showing the damned being dragged to Hell.

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^ When the triptych is closed, Tani and his wife are shown kneeling in prayer.

National Museum in Gdańsk's page on the painting

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[1] When the triptych is closed, Tani and his wife are shown kneeling in prayer.

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Individual religious panels	, c. 1467 Scenes from the Passion of Christ, c. 1470 , c. 1471 , c. 1475 , c. 1479–1480 Advent and Triumph of Christ, c. 1480 , c. 1480 Mystic Marriage of St Catherine, c. 1480 , 1480s Pagagnotti Triptych, c. 1480 Annunciation, c. 1480s , c. 1480s , c. 1485 Bathsheba, c. 1485
Polyptychs	Last Judgment, c. 1467–1471 Diptych of an elderly couple, c. 1470–1472 , c. 1475 St John Altarpiece, 1479 Donne Triptych, c. 1480 Moreel Triptych, 1484 Earthly Vanity and Divine Salvation, c. 1485 Diptych of Maarten van Nieuwenhove, 1487 St. Ursula Shrine, c. 1489
Portraits	Portrait of a Man, c. 1470–1472 Portrait of Tommaso Portinari, c. 1470–1472 Portrait of Maria Portinari, c. 1470–1472 , c. 1470–1475 Portrait of an Elderly Woman, c. 1470–1475 , 1475 , 1478 , c. 1480 Portrait of a Man with a Roman Medal, c. 1480 Portrait of Barbara van Vlaendenbergh, c. 1480 Sibylla Sambetha, c. 1480

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