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Rare original burin engraving by Lucas van Leyden, from 1521, plate 13 of the series "The Small Passion".

Dimensions: 11.7 x 7.5 cm

A sixteenth-century impression published by Marteen Petri ("MPetri excudit"), active between 1540 and 1566; on laid paper with watermark, in fair condition, with the upper left corner showing a very small area of loss historically restored and a moisture stain (see photo).

The work depicts the famous apocryphal episode in which Jesus Christ, after his death, descends into Hell to liberate the patriarchs and the righteous of the Old Testament (recognizable in the foreground and to the left, among them Adam and Eve).

Raro Bulino originale realizzato da Lucas Van Leyden nel 1521, tav. 13 dalla serie la "Piccola Passione".

Dimensioni: 11,7 x 7,5 cm

Esemplare in tiratura del XVI secolo pubblicata da Marteen Petri ("MPetri excudit"), operativo fra il 1540 e il 1566; su carta vergata con filigrana, in discrete condizioni di conservazione, con angolo superiore sinistro con piccolissima lacuna anticamente restaurata e una gora di umidità (vedere foto).

L'opera illustra il celebre episodio apocrifo in cui Gesù Cristo, dopo la sua morte, discende agli inferi per liberare i patriarchi e i giusti dell'Antico Testamento (riconoscibili in primo piano e a sinistra, tra cui Adamo ed Eva).

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Lucas Van Leyden (1494-1533) - Cristo nel Limbo - originale da la Piccola Passione

Etching - Plate signed - 1521

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Lucas van Leyden, Cristo nel Limbo - originale da la Piccola Passione, 1521, an etching (acquaforte) measuring 11.7 × 7.5 cm, from the Netherlands, 16th century, signed on the plate and in good condition.

Lucas Van Leyden (1494-1533) - Cristo nel Limbo - originale da la Piccola Passione

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Lucas van Leyden, Cristo nel Limbo - originale da la Piccola Passione, 1521, an etching (acquaforte) measuring 11.7 × 7.5 cm, from the Netherlands, 16th century, signed on the plate and in good condition.

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