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Last Judgment and the Burying of the Dead, c.1560-c.1570. At top centre Christ sits on a rainbow with his feet resting on the orb of the world, surrounded by angels. The bottom half shows the resurrected blessed on the left, and the damned being sent to hell on the right. The centre foreground is occupied by five men in black burying a coffin. They are the only figures in contemporary dress and have distinctive portrait-like features, which suggests that they commissioned the painting. Another man appears to be a priest blessing the deceased in the coffin. He wears a greyish white garment and holds a holy water sprinkler. The man behind him is holding a crucifix.