Het Laatste Oordeel

Within a circular frame, Christ sits atop clouds flanked by the Virgin Mary and saints, holding a lily and a sword symbolizing mercy and justice. Below him, angels sound trumpets to awaken the dead, who are shown emerging from the ground in various states of resurrection, from bleached skeletons to fully restored human forms. The scene is filled with a dense crowd of figures looking upward in anticipation or fear as they transition from the earth to the divine realm.

This work reflects the Mannerist fascination with the human form and the dramatic intersection of the physical and spiritual worlds, themes central to the Neoplatonic understanding of the soul's ascent. The depiction of the 'resurrection of the body' also parallels alchemical concepts of 'rubedo' or the final stage of the Great Work, where matter is perfected and redeemed after its period of putrefaction.