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The Descent into Limbo


The Descent into Hell
Christ in Limbo
School of: Andrea Mantegna (Italian (Paduan, active in Mantua), about 1431–1506)
Possibly by: Giovanni Antonio da Brescia (Italian, active c. 1490–1520)
about 1475-1480

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 40.8 × 32.6 cm (16 1/16 × 12 13/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP1006
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hind (as School of Mantegna) V, 19, 9a; Passavant (as pupil of Mantegna) V, 76, 5, Copy A; Illustrated Bartsch (as School of Mantegna, possibly by Giovanni Antonio da Brescia) 2506.013b
Marks Verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower right-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, N.Y., date acquired: 1897