Last Judgment tympanum

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The Last Judgment tympanum is a richly sculpted Gothic portal relief depicting the biblical scene of the final judgment, prominently displayed above the main entrance of Bern Minster in Switzerland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious artwork ⓘ
Gothic portal relief ⓘ
sculptural tympanum ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic ⓘ
artMovement Late Gothic ⓘ
completionDate c. 1480 ⓘ
conservationStatus restored ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
creator Erhart Küng ⓘ
denomination Protestant (originally Catholic context) ⓘ
depicts Last Judgment ⓘ
linked to: The Last Judgment
genre religious sculpture ⓘ
hasPart Christ in Majesty ⓘ
angels with instruments of the Passion ⓘ
archangel Michael weighing souls ⓘ
coats of arms of Bern ⓘ
figures of apostles ⓘ
figures of prophets ⓘ
figures of the wise and foolish virgins ⓘ
personifications of vices ⓘ
personifications of virtues ⓘ
the blessed being led to Heaven ⓘ
the damned driven to Hell ⓘ
heritageDesignation cultural property of national significance in Switzerland ⓘ
inception 1460 ⓘ
influencedBy medieval Last Judgment iconography ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Bern ⓘ
Bern Minster ⓘ
Canton of Bern ⓘ
linked to: canton of Bern

Switzerland ⓘ
locatedOn west façade of Bern Minster ⓘ
material sandstone ⓘ
notableFor high degree of narrative detail ⓘ
large number of individually carved figures ⓘ
partOf main portal of Bern Minster ⓘ
period 15th century ⓘ
position above main entrance of Bern Minster ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
significantEvent survived iconoclasm of the Reformation in Bern ⓘ
subjectHeading Last Judgment in art ⓘ
theme divine judgment ⓘ
eschatology ⓘ
salvation and damnation ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
usedAs didactic representation of Christian doctrine ⓘ

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Bern Minster → hasPart → Last Judgment tympanum ⓘ
Gislebertus → signedWork → Last Judgment tympanum inscription "Gislebertus hoc fecit" ⓘ
linked to: Last Judgment tympanum