The Fall of the Damned (Bouts)

The Fall of the Damned is a c.1470 oil on panel painting by Dirk Bouts, originally produced as part of a triptych of the Last Judgement commissioned by the town of Louvain in 1468. The central panel is lost but the other side panel, The Ascension of the Elect, survives. They draw on Genesis 2:10, Book of Revelation and The Purgatory of St Patrick, a 14th-century Irish manuscript by Berol telling of Sir Owein's legendary trip to Purgatory.[1] Ascension is now in the palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille.[2][3]

The Fall of the Damned
ArtistDirk Bouts
Yearc.1470
Mediumoil on panel
Dimensions115 cm × 69,5 cm (45 in × 274 in)
LocationPalais des Beaux-Arts, Lille

References
  1. "Catalogue page".
  2. Michel Butor, Le Musée imaginaire de Michel Butor : 105 œuvres décisives de la peinture occidentale, Paris, Flammarion, 2019 (ISBN 9782081450752), p. 96-99.
  3. Michel Butor, Dirk Bouts – L'ascension des élus et la chute des damnés, Editions Invenit, 2011 ISBN 978-2-9186-9814-2


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