An angel participating in images of the Last Judgment, commonly blowing trumpets, carrying instruments, separating souls, or attending Christ as Judge.
An Angel of the Last Judgment participates in the final judgment imagery surrounding Christ as Judge. Angels may sound trumpets, display the cross or Passion instruments, gather the elect, or assist in the separation of souls.
Etymology
Judgment from Latin judicium through Old French.
Sculptor Notes
Large Judgment programs depend on zoning. Angels can bridge the celestial and terrestrial registers, but their direction of flight and gesture must clarify rather than confuse the movement of saved and damned figures.
References
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436794; https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/463414