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Painting of Christ in glory above angels with trumpets, nude figures rising from the earth, and men in dark clothing carrying a shrouded body to a grave at right.

The Last Judgment and the Burial of the Dead, Seventh Work of Mercy

Christ in glory presides over a Last Judgment scene: angels blow trumpets and hover in the clouds above, while nude figures rise from the earth below. At right, several men in dark dress carry a shrouded body on a plank toward a grave, depicting the burial of the dead.

Artist
circle of Bernard van Orley
Date
1560-1570
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3380 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1570.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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