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Christ's Descent into Hell

Christ's Descent into Hell

DrawingsNetherlandish16th century

Christ's Descent into Hell

c. 1550

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Nikolaus HogenbergPrevious attribution

Description

Paper support cut into three parts.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on three pieces of cream antique laid paper; some (later?) gray wash on Adam's crotch; partial framing line in brown ink; verso: faint black chalk sketches of architectural motifs

Culture

Netherlandish

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

diam.: 32.8 cm (12 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Mrs. Vivian Neal, sold; [Sotheby's, London, 28 March 1968, lot 121]; to [Heinrich Pilartz, Cologne.] [Sotheby's, London, 9 April 1981, lot 63.] Vermeer Associates Ltd., Brampton, Ontario, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003; The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in honor of Anne and John Straus, the Marian H. Phinney Fund, and the Paul J. Sachs Memorial Fund, inv. no. 2003.153.

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