The Last Judgement
Relief
ca. 1680 - ca. 1700 (made)
ca. 1680 - ca. 1700 (made)
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The present piece was probably not intended as an independent relief but belonged to a series. Departmental records suggest that it was accompanied by a set of six small rectangular reliefs depicting scenes from the Life of Christ and one larger relief of the Nativity. Little is known about the artist who signed the relief although stylistically similar pieces are to be seen in churches in the City of London. A 'John Thompson' was documented as a mason working at a number of city churches, and may be identical with this 'John Tomson.'.
Object details
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| Title | The Last Judgement (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Boxwood |
| Brief description | Relief, boxwood, The Last Judgement, by John Tomson, England, ca. 1680-1700 |
| Physical description | Relief, boxwood, on a kidney shaped panel. Above, in the middle is the seated figure of God surrounded by cherubim with trumpets. To his right is the Virgin, and to his left our Lord, each accompanied by six apostles. Below, in the middle, stands the winged figure of the archangel Badriel. Below, to the right, are souls of the damned, to the left those of the blessed above whom is a cherub bearing an inscribed ribbon. In a contemporary moulded wooden frame. |
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| Object history | Purchased from Mr. J. F da C. Andrade, Brook Street London, in 1932 for £7. |
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| Summary | The present piece was probably not intended as an independent relief but belonged to a series. Departmental records suggest that it was accompanied by a set of six small rectangular reliefs depicting scenes from the Life of Christ and one larger relief of the Nativity. Little is known about the artist who signed the relief although stylistically similar pieces are to be seen in churches in the City of London. A 'John Thompson' was documented as a mason working at a number of city churches, and may be identical with this 'John Tomson.'. |
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| Accession number | A.48-1932 |
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| Record created | June 22, 2009 |
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