The Descent of Christ to Limbo (recto); Coats of Arms of Florentine and Sienese Families (verso)

The Descent of Christ to Limbo (recto); Coats of Arms of Florentine and Sienese Families (verso) by Domenico Beccafumi

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of leadpoint or black chalk; squared in leadpoint (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)

Dimensions

9 × 6 3/8 in. (22.9 × 16.2 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Gifts from Mrs. Gardner Cassatt, Mrs. Francis Ormond, Bessie Potter Vonnoh, William Benton, Donald Silve, William M. Ivins Jr., and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, and other gifts, bequests, and funds, by exchange, 1997

Accession Number

1997.501a, b

Tags

ChristMenCoat of Arms

About the Artist

Domenico Beccafumi

Italian artist. Comment on works: History

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