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The Descent of Christ to Limbo (recto); Coats of Arms of Florentine and Sienese Families (verso)

The Descent of Christ to Limbo (recto); Coats of Arms of Florentine and Sienese Families (verso)

Domenico Beccafumi

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Date
c. 1536
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of leadpoint or black chalk; squared in leadpoint (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)
Dimensions
9 × 6 3/8 in. (22.9 × 16.2 cm)
Credit
Purchase, Gifts from Mrs. Gardner Cassatt, Mrs. Francis Ormond, Bessie Potter Vonnoh, William Benton, Donald Silve, William M. Ivins Jr., and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, and other gifts, bequests, and funds, by exchange, 1997

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Domenico Beccafumi, The Descent of Christ to Limbo (recto); Coats of Arms of Florentine and Sienese Families (verso), c. 1536, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of leadpoint or black chalk; squared in leadpoint (recto); pen and brown ink (verso), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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Purchase, Gifts from Mrs. Gardner Cassatt, Mrs. Francis Ormond, Bessie Potter Vonnoh, William Benton, Donald Silve, William M. Ivins Jr., and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, and other gifts, bequests, and funds, by exchange, 1997

Metadata sourced from The Metropolitan Museum of Art open data collection

Image rights: Public Domain (CC0)