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

Tags

ChristMenCoat of Arms

Dimensions

9 × 6 3/8 in. (22.9 × 16.2 cm)

Collection

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

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Domenico Beccafumi

1486–1551

Italian artist. Comment on works: History

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