It was commissioned by the Camaldolese Order for the newly elected abbot, the humanist scholar Ambrogio Traversari.

[1] It was originally sited in the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli[2] and now is in the museum of San Marco, Florence.

In the top centre of the picture, Christ sits in judgement on a white throne surrounded by angels, Mary, John, and the saints.

Christ is shown as judge of the living and dead, his left hand pointing down to Hell, his right up to Heaven.

On Christ's right hand is paradise, with angels leading the saved through a beautiful garden into a shining city.