Spanish School; XVII century.

Spanish school, circle of GIOVANNI BERNARDINO AZZOLINI; XVII century.
"The Last Judgment".
Oil on canvas. Relined.
It has slight flaws in the pictorial surface and flaws in the frame.
Measurements: 100 x 120 cm; 115 x 135 cm (frame).
The author of this work recreates the Last Judgment following the Renaissance iconography, with a composition ordered in two planes, the celestial and the earthly. Above, in the center, Christ appears as judge, raising his hand in blessing as a sign of authority, on a cloud in the form of an orb, symbol of the universality of Christian doctrine and, therefore, of the Judgment itself. He is accompanied, on both sides, by St. Joseph and the Virgin, intercessor for humanity in the Judgment. Completing the upper plane, on either side, are various important figures from religious history. In the lower plane, the large size of the figures stands out, represented larger than the figures of the celestial plane. This is due to the fact that the author has tried to represent pictorially the greater distance between the spectator and the sky, which after all is above his head.
The work follows models of Giovanni Bernardino Azzolini, Italian painter and sculptor of late mannerist style.