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The Gates of Hell and Lucifer
Simon Marmion1475
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
The angel takes Tondal's soul to the gate of Hell. Amidst a crowd of demons, the great Lucifer squeezes writhing souls in his ten thousand hands as if they were in a winepress. He then tosses the crushed souls into the flames around him. Tondal's soul recognizes many of his friends and family members suffering in this infernal region.
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Details
- Title: The Gates of Hell and Lucifer
- Creator: Simon Marmion
- Date Created: 1475
- Location Created: Ghent, Belgium; Valenciennes, France
- Physical Dimensions: Leaf: 36.3 × 26.2 cm (14 5/16 × 10 5/16 in.)
- Type: Folio
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 87.MN.141.30.30v
- Culture: Franco-Flemish
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 30, fol. 30v
- Creator Display Name: Simon Marmion (Flemish, active 1450 - 1489)
- Classification: Manuscripts (Documents)
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