Last Judgment Tympanum at St. Anne's Chapel, Malbork Castle

This Gothic tympanum is divided into two horizontal registers. In the upper register, Christ sits enthroned at the center within a circular mandorla, flanked by figures holding the instruments of the Passion and other figures in prayer. The lower register displays a crowd of figures, including an angel raising a sword, leading the blessed in prayer toward the center, while on the far right, a horned, winged demon drags the damned into the gaping, cavernous mouth of a beast representing Hell. The figures are carved in high relief from light-colored stone, exhibiting characteristic Gothic drapery and stylized facial features.

This relief serves as a quintessential example of the 'Last Judgment' iconography prevalent in medieval European portal sculpture, illustrating the theological doctrine of the segregation of souls into Heaven and Hell. It reflects the preoccupation with eschatology and the 'Ars Moriendi' tradition common in the late medieval period.