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Summary

Andrea Mantegna: Descent into the limbo

Artist



Description	Italian painter, copper engraver, illuminator, sculptor, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death	1431	13 September 1506
Location of birth/death	Isola Mantegna	Mantua
Work location	Padua, Mantua
Authority file	: Q5681 VIAF: 27084155 ISNI: 0000000121251886 ULAN: 500004218 LCCN: n79040004 NLA: 35326758 WorldCat

Title

Christ's Descent into Limbo

Object type

painting

Genre

religious art

Description

The first version, for Marchese Lodovico Gonzaga, Andrea Mantegna painted in June of 1468. This smaller one, which was probably done for Ferdinando Carlo, the last Duke of Mantua, around 1470–75. The conventional title given to the work, its workshop replicas and the engraving of it, Christ's Descent into Limbo, is a modern one.

Depicted people

Jesus

Date

1470–75

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

height: 38.8 cm (15.2 in)

; width: 42.3 cm (16.6 in)

Collection

Barbara Piasecka Johnson Collection
Authority file	: Q18793192 VIAF: 172645639 ULAN: 500310234

Object history

Lent to the Frick Museum, NYC from the Barbara Piasecka Johnson Collection.

References

Source/Photographer

en.wikipedia.org

Permission
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	14:51, 1 December 2007	312 × 279 (83 KB)	Shakko	{{Information \|Description=Andrea Mantegna, "Christ's Descent into Limbo'' oil on panel. The first version, for Marchese Lodovico Gonzaga, Andrea Mantegna painted in June of 1468. This smaller one, which was probably done for Ferdinando Carlo