Domenico Beccafumi, The Descent of Christ to Limbo (recto); Coats of Arms of Florentine and Sienese Families (verso)
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 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Domenico Beccafumi

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

ca. 1536

Current Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

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
22.9 × 16.2 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-606861

Provenance

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

Registry history

  • ca. 1536 — Recorded in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art — drawings

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