The Descent of Christ to Limbo (recto); Coats of Arms of Florentine and Sienese Families (verso)
Domenico Beccafumi
ca. 1536
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