During Christ's descent into limbo after his death, he reaches the gates of hell and reaches out to Old Testament saints. Two devils fly around him. The print has a Latin caption; it is part of a series on the life of Christ.
| Artist |
Adriaen Collaert
RKD
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Maerten de Vos
RKD
Wikidata
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Joannes Galle
RKD
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| Title | Christ in Limbo, from the series Vita, passio et Resvrrectio Iesv Christi |
| Date | ca. 1598 - 1618 |
| Period |
16th century
17th century |
| Location | Antwerp TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Penetrabo omnes inferiores partes terrae, et inspiciam omnes dormientes, et illuminabo omnes sperantes in Domino. |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Eccles.ci 24. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: 50. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: M. de Vos invent. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Adrian. Collaert sculp. | |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Ioan Galle excud. | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-LZ-39 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LZ-39 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11594/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11K devil(s) and demons Iconclass 11K(SATAN) devil(s) and demons: Satan Iconclass 11K2 devils in the form of (fabulous) animals Iconclass 11K4 activities of devil(s) Iconclass 11K43 devil or demons attacking mortals Iconclass 11L31115 'descendit ad inferna, tertia die resurrexit a mortuis' ~ articles of faith Iconclass 11L541414 Hell (as one of the Four Last Things) Iconclass 11T hell and purgatory Iconclass 11T2(+4) symbols of hell (+ devil(s)) Iconclass 31A the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31F symbols and personifications of Death Iconclass 31F1 symbols of Death Iconclass 41A32 door Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73D9 Christ in the underworld, harrowing of hell, Christ in Limbo, 'descensus ad inferos', 'Anastasis' Iconclass 73E events from Resurrection to Pentecost (Matthew 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 20-21; Acts 1:3-11); Mary's and Joseph's death Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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