The Last Judgement is insane

In 1473, a ship left Bruges carrying one of the most detailed paintings of the fifteenth century. It was bound for a small chapel in Florence, commissioned by a Medici banker for his own private altar. It never arrived...


Sources:

Bernhard Ridderbos & Molly Faries, 'Hans Memling's Last Judgement in Gdańsk: technical evidence and creative process', Oud Holland, vol. 130, 2017

Barbara G. Lane, 'The Patron and the Pirate: The Mystery of Memling's Gdańsk Last Judgment', The Art Bulletin, vol. 73, no. 4, 1991

National Museum Gdańsk — sadostateczny.mng.gda.pl