Harrowing of Hell (Christ in Limbo)
Artwork details
- Artist
- Albrecht Dürer
- Title
- Harrowing of Hell (Christ in Limbo)
- Description
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Original engraving printed in black ink on laid paper.
Signed in the plate with the artist’s monogram lower right, dated in the plate upper center.
A superb 16th century Meder “c” (of “e”) impression, showing a faint horizontal scratch across the sleeve of Christ, but printed prior to the appearance of the scratches above Adam and Eve and above the flag. One of fifteen plates comprising the Engraved Passion.
Catalog: Bartsch 16; Dodgson 63; Panofsky 123; Meder 16.c; Strauss 66; Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum 58.
4 ½ x 2 15/16 inches
In excellent condition, trimmed down to the platemark on all four sides.
- Date
- 1512
- Medium
- Engraving
- Edition
- *
- Signature
- Signed In Plate
- Image
- 4 1/2 x 2 15/16 cm
- Sheet
- 4 1/2 x 2 15/16 inches
- Status
- Sold
