Last Judgment

Example Sentences

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Under the scrutinising eyes of Michelangelo's Last Judgment, when Pope Leo said "let us pray", it meant everyone, including the King, closing a gap that stretched back to the Reformation in the 16th century.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

In 1473, the first known art heist occurred when pirates seized Hans Memling's "The Last Judgment" as it was traveling from Belgium to Florence.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2021

When I arrived at Terminal Five last Friday, I was confronted with a scene that evoked a peculiarly English version of the Last Judgment.

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2021

Now that the Middle Ages have come loose from history books and ended up on the front page, it’s beginning to look like the Last Judgment panel from Bosch’s “Garden of Earthly Delights.”

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2021

Though difficult to read at first, it depicts Christ at the Last Judgment, when every soul is weighed.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson