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The Torment of the Proud - Valley of Burning Sulphur
Simon Marmion1475
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
The angel leads Tondal's soul across a narrow bridge, "in width barely one foot" and "much more than a thousand feet in length." Tondal's soul hears the piteous moans of souls of "the proud, the ungrateful, and the presumptuous" from below as they tumble into the deep valley.
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Details
- Title: The Torment of the Proud - Valley of Burning Sulphur
- Creator: Simon Marmion
- Date Created: 1475
- Location Created: Valenciennes, France; Ghent, Belgium
- 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.141.15.15v
- Culture: Franco-Flemish
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 30, fol. 15v
- Creator Display Name: Simon Marmion (Flemish, active 1450 - 1489)
- Classification: Manuscripts (Documents)
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