Currently not on view
Christ in Limbo,
ca. 1475
Martin Schongauer, German, ca. 1430–1491
x1956-45
Information
Title
Christ in Limbo
Dates
ca. 1475
Maker
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate (sheet trimmed to plate): 16.5 × 11.6 cm (6 1/2 × 4 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of David H. McAlpin, Class of 1920, and Mrs. McAlpin
Object Number
x1956-45
Place Made
Europe, Germany
Inscription
Monogram in plate, lower center: M [cross] S
Marks/Labels/Seals
Numbered in graphite, verso: K7473
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 127.19; Hollstein 29; Lehrs 160.29
Type
Materials
Techniques
Subject
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Adam vom Bartsch, "Volume 6," Le peintre graveur ... (Vienne: J. V. Degen, 1803-05).
, no. 15, p. 126 - Clendenin J. Ryan, Engravings, woodcuts, and etchings: masterpieces by Schongauer, Dürer, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, Meryon, Zorn, a small group of English 18th century mezzotints and stipple engravings in color, the entire print collection of the late Clendenin J. Ryan (New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1940)., no. 2
- "Recent acquisitions," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 16, no. 1 (1957): p. 12-14., p. 14
- Robert A. Koch, "A Gothic sculpture of the Ascending Christ", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 19, no. 1 (1960): p. 37-43., p. 38
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F.W.H. Hollstein, “Schongauer,” German engravings, etchings, and woodcuts, ca. 1400-1700 (Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1999).
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