TITLE Last Judgment
Leandro dal Ponte, called Leandro Bassano, Italy, (1557 - 1622)
oil on copper
About 1595/6 - 1605
The figures in this highly detailed masterpiece are carefully organized according to celestial hierarchy, which allows the viewer to identify a great number of them by their positions and by the iconographic attributes they hold. The support for this painting is copper. The smoothness of the thin copper sheet allows the artist to apply the oil paint with virtually no visible brushstrokes, which permits a crispness of detail and endows the meticulously finished surface with a luminous quality.
Birmingham Museum of Art