Descent into Limbo, 15th century

  • Master A. G., German

Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Image: 5 3/4 × 4 1/8 inches (14.6 × 10.7 cm) Sheet: 6 × 4 1/4 inches (15.2 × 10.9 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S523

Signed, in plate, lower center: [artist's monogram]

Stamp, verso: Scripps 1887 [added in ink to the stamp] (Lugt Suppl. 2357a]

Oct. 1887, G. Claus (Dresden, Germany). 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Master A. G., Descent into Limbo, 15th century, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S523.