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The Damned Cast into Hell
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The Damned Cast into HellRogier van der Weyden

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This panel from the Last Judgment Altarpiece (1445–50), shows the condemned hurled into a fiery abyss, their twisted bodies expressing terror and despair. The raw realism of their faces and gestures drives home the consequences of sin. Displayed in Beaune’s Hôtel-Dieu, the image warned patients and visitors alike that salvation and damnation hung in the balance of divine justice.
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