In Renaissance style. Last Judgment scene: welcoming the souls of the righteous. Stone relief, part of the base of a funerary monument or altar? Height : 41.2 cm - Width : 96.8 cm - Depth : 15 cm This fragment of a carved stone base was part of a larger decoration, the meaning and function of which remain a mystery: the recessed scene on the left shows a figure in profile, a kind of ignudi seated on a scrolled seat, holding a book and pointing his right index finger injunctively skywards. His head is turned towards the scene on the right, which shows naked souls emerging from their carnal bodies and welcomed by angels, in a medieval iconographic theme revolving around the Last Judgement. In its representation, style and technique, this architectural element takes its inspiration from the Italian Renaissance, a late, reinterpreted homage to Michelangelo's Last Judgment. Appraisal by Cabinet SCULPTURE et COLLECTION, Mrs Élodie JEANNEST DE GYVÈS and Mr Alexandre LACROIX - 01 83 97 02 05