About the Artwork
Christ in Limbo
between 1521 and 1887
(Artist) Dutch Lucas van Leyden (Artist) Netherlandish, 1494-1533
Etching and engraving printed in black ink on wove paper
Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 4 3/4 × 3 inches (12.1 × 7.6 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S710.13
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed in plate, upper right center of image: [Leyden monogram (L)] Dated in plate, upper left edge: 1521
Scripps stamp, verso (Lugt Suppl. 2357a)
Provenance
November 1887, purchased from dealer (Lyons, France). 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Dutch; after Lucas van Leyden, Christ in Limbo, between 1521 and 1887, etching and engraving printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S710.13.
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