5943.1A

The Last Judgement

Artist: Jan Wierix (1544-1625)
Title: The Last Judgement
Date: 1549 – before 1579.
Medium: Engraving. Published in Cologne by Hans Beeck. After the 1541 fresco of Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) in the Sixtine Chapel, via an engraving by Martino Rota (1515-1588).
Photo Source: Rijksmuseum Website
Note: There are many engraved copies of Michelangelo's fresco. See The Engravings of Giorgio Ghisi, cat. 9, published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1985.
Item: 5943.1A