"The dense tangle of figures that fills the pictorial space is oppressive in its effect, all the more so as the painting is a monumental altarpiece measuring around three meters in height. Standing immediately in front of the picture, viewers cannot but feel they are being swept into the abyss by the sheer force of the tumbling bodies. The richness of detail and the depiction of the rebel angels as fantastical hybrid creatures continue the pictorial idiom of Hieronymus Bosch, while the sculptural modelling and virtuoso foreshortening of the bodies are inspired by the Italian art that Floris had studied during his time in Italy."
Claudia Koch, Royal Museum Of Fine Arts
*This demon is inspired by the painting Fall Of the Rebel Angels by Frans Floris.
This one's not as over the top as some of the other demons—it's basically a human with a boar head—but the crotch is what really drew me in! An eagle head for genitalia?! That's my kind of weirdo.
Tomorrow's is a classic from one of my favorite artists of the time period!
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