About the Artwork
Christ in Limbo
18th century
Andrea Mantegna (Artist) Italian, 1431-1506 (Artist) Italian
Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 8 7/8 × 10 5/8 inches (22.5 × 27 cm) Sheet: 9 1/8 × 11 inches (23.2 × 27.9 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S1298
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in plate on tablet, lower right of image: 1492 | MA | AMF
Provenance
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bartsch XIII. Addenda to Mantegna.
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Italian; after Andrea Mantegna, Christ in Limbo, 18th century, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1298.
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