The engraving after this drawing was executed by Pieter van der Heyden.
The Descent of Christ into Limbo
Artist
Production date
1561
Collection
Object number
7873
Material
Pen and brown ink, contours incised
Inscription
Signed at lower left: BRUEGEL; inscribed at lower left in the margin by a different hand: 1561; in the margin by a different hand: Toblite o porte capita vestea attollimine fores sempiterne et ingredietur Rex ille gloriosus (free version of Psalm 24:9, 'Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in')
Dimensions
29.4 cm x 22.3 cm
CC BY (Creative Commons 4.0)
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