The Damned Cast into Hell
2007 © Maxim Tabachnik
Archangel Michael Weighing SoulsGothic Arcades, Hôtel-DieuThe Damned in TormentChrist the JudgeGrotesque and Lion CorbelsStudents in the Hôtel-Dieu CourtyardCourtyard of the Hôtel-DieuThe Blessed Led to HeavenPortrait of Nicolas RolinLuis in the Courtyard of the Hôtel-DieuDragon Corbel, Great HallGuigone de SalinsThe Weighing of SoulsWedding CeremonyAngel with Donor ArmsSaint Eligius Healing the HorseThe Damned Cast into HellThe Virgin with Apostles Peter and JohnLuis in the Great Hall of the Hôtel-DieuChrist at RestPatron Inscription of the Sculle FamilySpire and Roofs

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.