The Last Judgment
Hans Memling Β· 1469
Why it's great
A huge triptych shows Judgment Day, with the archangel Michael weighing souls and people rising from their graves. Hans Memling painted it in about 1469, and the Italian ship that carried it to Italy was captured by pirates.
Where to see it
π National Museum in GdaΕskGdaΕsk, Poland
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Hans Memling was born in Germany in about 1435 and became the most successful painter in Bruges, in what is now Belgium. His calm, sweet and beautifully detailed religious pictures and portraits were bought by rich merchants and bankers from all over Europe. He died in Bruges in 1494.
