Descent into Limbo

Former TitleDescent into Hell

Artist School of Mantegna (Italian, 15th century)

Artist Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1431 - 1506)

Date1490s

MediumEngraving

DimensionsPlate: 15 13/16 × 12 1/16 inches (40.16 × 30.64 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust

Object number33-489

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Provenance

Purchased at a sale, Alte Graphik aus der Sammlung Lord Northwick aus Northwick Park, England, aus der Sammlung König Friedrich August II. von Sachsen, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 22-24, 1933, lot 774, through Alden Galleries, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.

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[1] A copy of the Alden Galleries invoice is in the Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.

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