Descent into Limbo
attributed to Francesco Novelli, Italian, 1764 - 1836
after Andrea Mantegna, Italian, 1431 - 1506
about 1800
Drypoint amd engraving on laid paper
Sight: 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Sight: 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.962.96
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, on plate, lower right: 1492/MA/AMF
Course History
History 44.02, Arts of Power, from Augustus to the Sun King, M. Cecilia Gaposchkin, Spring 2023
Exhibition History
1500, Strauss Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November-December 1972
15th and 16th Century Prints from the Permanent Collection, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 14-December 4, 1977.
Art I, Barrows Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 21, 1975-January 11,1976.
Art I, South Lobby, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November-December 1973.
Director's Choice, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 10-July 10, 1966.
Molinari Medals & Plaquettes, Carpenter Galleries, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 11-December 12, 1976.
Publication History
"Durer's Representations of 'Christ in Limbo'", The Print Collector's Newsletter, Vol. II No. 1, March-April 1971.
Provenance
Ferdinand Roten Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland; sold to present collection, 1962.
Catalogue Raisonne
K. Christiansen, Andrea Mantegna, exhibition catalogue, New York and London, 1992, under no. 70.
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