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Christ descending into the limbo of hell
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
These three groups, from a large Crucifixion altar, reveal how colourful most Gothic sculpture originally was. During a recent restoration, small slivers of glass were found in the old pigment; this would have added to the glittering impression of the whole. Research of the oak shows that the sculptures were carved after c. 1420, the felling date of the tree.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineChristus, afdalend in het voorgeborchte van de hel. c. 1440. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
