Descent into Limbo
c. 1475
Workshop of Andrea Mantegna
Engraver, Mantuan, before 1454 - in or after 1508
Related Artist, Paduan, c. 1431 - 1506
Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper (by Gian Marco Cavalli?)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 42.2 x 34.3 cm (16 5/8 x 13 1/2 in.)
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Accession Number
1943.3.5767
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.18, no. 9
Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
1966
Masters of Etching and Engraving from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, 1966, no. 47, repro.
1968
Good and Bad Angels, University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, IN, 1968, no catalogue.
1971
Albrecht Dürer: The Early Graphic Works, Princeton University Art Museum, NJ, 1971, no. 33.
1999
Religion and Politics: The Renaissance Print in Social Context, Marsh Art Gallery, Richmond, 1999, no. 5.
Bibliography
1938
Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.
1973
Levenson et al. 1973, no.80 (b) (attributed to Zoan Andrea).
1994
Landau, David and Peter Parshall. The Renaissance Print, 1470-1550 New Haven and London, 1994: no. 30, fig. 100.
1999
Johnson, Charles. Religion & Politics: The Renaissance Print in Social Context. Exh. cat. Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond, 1999: no. 5, illus., p.61.
2001
Fletcher, Shelley. "A Closer Look at Mantegna's Prints." Print Quarterly 18/1 (2001): 3-41, fig. 33.
2010
Christiansen, Keith.The Genius of Mantegna.New York, 2010: fig. 54.
Watermarks
Flower with small vertical line from bottom petal. Cf. Br. 6327.
Wikidata ID
Q65027033