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The Torment of Murderers
Simon Marmion1475
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
The angel first shows Tondal's soul the torment reserved for murderers. Those who have killed people are repeatedly burned, roasted, then liquefied and strained into a cauldron of burning coals. The illuminator here depicted the murderers falling into the pot of boiling liquid.
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Details
- Title: The Torment of Murderers
- Creator: Simon Marmion
- Date Created: 1475
- Location Created: Ghent, Belgium; Valenciennes, France
- 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.141.13.13v
- Culture: Franco-Flemish
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 30, fol. 13v
- Creator Display Name: Simon Marmion (Flemish, active 1450 - 1489)
- Classification: Manuscripts (Documents)
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