The Last Judgement
Medium
Etching, two plates
Dimensions
Left plate: 16 7/8 x 11 7/16 in. (42.8 x 29 cm) Right plate: 16 15/16 x 11 7/16 in. (43 x 29 cm) Combined sheet: 21 x 26 3/4 in. (53.3 x 68 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1965
Accession Number
65.597.1
Tags
About the Artist
Cornelis Bos|Maarten van Heemskerck|Hans Liefrinck · 1510–1556
Cornelis Bos (c. 1506/10–before 1555), a Netherlandish engraver, printseller, and publisher born in 's-Hertogenbosch, emerged as a pivotal figure in the Antwerp print trade during the mid-16th century. His early life remains sparsely documented, with no records of formal training or mentors, though he was active in Antwerp by 1537, producing his earliest known engraving, *Prudence and Justice*, af...