The Last Judgment

This scene shows a panicked crowd of various social classes—including a king, a bishop, and monks—as they are tormented and herded toward a rocky cavern. Dark, clawed demons use pitchforks and physical force to push the figures into the abyss. The expressions of the humans are characterized by extreme psychological distress, with figures clutching their heads and weeping.

This work represents the late medieval vision of the afterlife that dominated the European consciousness before the Neoplatonic revival. It illustrates the moral-cosmic hierarchy where temporal power (mitres and crowns) offers no protection against divine judgment, a theme central to the memento mori tradition.