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Crucifixion and Last Judgement diptych
The Crucifixion and Last Judgement diptych (or Diptych with Calvary and Last Judgement) consists of two small painted panels attributed to the Early Netherlandish artist Jan van Eyck, with areas finished by unidentified followers or members of his workshop. This diptych is one of the early Northern Renaissance oil on panel masterpieces, renowned for its unusually complex and highly detailed iconography, and for the technical skill evident in its completion. It was executed in a miniature format; the panels are just high by wide. The
Crucifixion and Last Judgement diptych", which is generally, but not always, attributed to Jan; likely workshop members completed many passages on the right hand frame. As such this drawing is either an original preparatory study, or a workshop pastiche by an associate created for commercial sale.
It shows a mass of people gather around a crucifixion scene, with Christ's followers grieving in the foreground (though they are thinly described compared to the other figures), soldiers and spectators hanging around in the mid-ground and a