The Last Judgement
Trastevere, Gianicolo, Testaccio
- Artist: Beato Angelico
- Location: The Last Judgement
- Date: 1447 - 1448
The work is a prayer triptych whose side panels depict, respectively, the Pentecost and the Preaching of Saint Peter on the left and the Ascension of Christ on the right. The center piece is the principal subject: Christ is placed inside an almond with his right arm raised to signal the start of The Last Judgement, at his side are the Apostles, the founding saints of the religious orders and the Pope, identified as either Sixtus II or Eugene IV.
