Laatste Oordeel van Lucas van Leyden, onderste helft van het middenpaneel 1768 - 1796

Pieter de Mare made this drawing, the lower half of a larger piece by Lucas van Leyden, at the end of the 18th century. De Mare lived during a time of significant social upheaval, including the rise of revolutionary ideas about equality and justice, which were in stark contrast to the realities of the time. This piece portrays a scene of judgment, a moment laden with anxieties about morality, sin, and salvation. The figures are naked, vulnerable, stripped of their earthly status and exposed to divine scrutiny. What do you feel when you look at the ways the bodies are rendered, and what do you think that means in terms of piety, morality, and judgment? The drawing reflects societal issues and the emotional dimensions of faith and fear, as well as the ways in which judgments were often inseparable from social hierarchies and power dynamics.