The Doom that came to Wenhaston. This 15th century depiction of the Day of Judgement at St Peter's church, Wenhaston, was rediscovered in 1892 when the boards on which it was painted, whitewashed over during the Reformation, were torn down and dumped in the churchyard during the church's reconstruction; overnight rain revealed tantalising details of what lay hidden beneath. A flurry of attention from antiquarians and art historians followed: it was displayed at Burlington House and later reinstalled on the north wall of the church, visible as you enter. It's quite something. The village was deserted when we visited it on a somnolent Sunday afternoon, the church empty, leaving us to ponder in the quiet and the coolness whence these visions came. Their style might look primitive, even cartoonish, compared to later, more sophisticated renderings of hell's denizens, but despite or perhaps because of this, the longer we stood contemplating them, the more unsettling they became... #wenhaston #wenhastonchurch #doompainting #dayofjudgement #medievalart #roodbeam #medievalhistory #arthistory #societyofantiquaries #villagechurch #suffolk #eastanglia #devils #demons #hellmouth #stmichael #weighingofsouls #panelpainting #lastjudgement #leviathan #endofdays #allthedevilsarehere https://www.instagram.com/p/B2PMxOPHYZY/?igshid=cwqfr5senwjs
