Bosch (Cranach Copy) of the Altarpiece with the Last Judgment in the Gemäldegalerie Berlin

Bosch Cranach Copy of the Altarpiece with the Last Judgment in the Gemäldegalerie Berlin

Another remarkable painting is the Flügelaltar mit dem Jüngsten Gericht / Wing Altar of the Last Judgement. Around 1525, Cranach painted this accurate copy of Hieronymus Bosch’s altar (now in Vienna), probably on commission from the Elector of Saxony. The small section on the Garden of Eden is fairly normal, but the rest of the work is literally hell on earth. The devil really is in the details here. It is quite interesting to compare Bosch’s vision of hell with other paintings in the museum, especially those by Italian painters strongly influenced by Dante.

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