The Engraved Passion, Christ in Limbo (Harrowing of Hell)

Work on Paper

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

The Engraved Passion, Christ in Limbo (Harrowing of Hell)

Entry/Object ID

2007.44

Description

Adam and Eve, post-Eden, stand beneath an archway (threatened by a monster/Satan?) beside a haloed Christ, who struggles with supplicants from hell.

Artwork Details

Medium

Engraving

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul University, gift of Jeffrey Brown

Made/Created

Artist

Durer, Albrecht

Date made

1512

Ethnography

Notes

Germany Europe, German

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

BRC recto

Transcription

(initals, integrated into print)

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

WORKS ON PAPER

Dimensions

Dimension Description

sheet

Width

2-7/8 in

Length

4-1/2 in

Dimension Description

frame

Width

11.75 cm

Length

14 in