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Hell (lower portion of the Celestial Ladder of Saint Bonaventura)
Lucas Cranach, the Elder (German, 1472–1553)
Medium/Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
Other (woodcut border): 13.3 x 29.4 cm (5 1/4 x 11 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP19202
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein 078b
Signed
Not signed
Marks
Verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 19202 [Lugt 1870]; in graphite: H.D.P. 19202; Hell.; Wolgemmth[?]
Inscriptionsin letterpress, upper left to right: Gehet hin mir, ihr verfleuchten, in das ewige feur: welches beraitet ift dem Deufel vnd feinen Engeler.
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.