Last Judgment in an Initial C

Christ in blue robes raises his hand within the curve of an illuminated letter C, while an angel blows a long trumpet toward figures rising from a dark ground below. Gold leaf and blue, red, and green acanthus scrollwork frame the scene, with a gilded ground behind the figures.

Look closer: A small figure's head peeks up at the lower right edge of the initial, half hidden by the blue border.

Artist

Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni)

Date

ca. 1406–7

Medium

Tempera and gold on parchment

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3170 × 3704 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975