Descent into Limbo
attributed to Andrea Mantegna, Italian, 1431 - 1506
late 1460s
Engraving on laid paper
Sheet: 16 1/2 × 13 1/2 in. (41.9 × 34.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Fund
PR.973.171
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
None Watermark: Shield with Flower and Letter 'N'
Exhibition History
15th & 16th Century Prints from the Permanent Collection, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 14-December 4, 1977.
16th Century Italian Graphics, Art 41, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 30-June 3, 1979.
Art I, Barrows Galleries, 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.
Baroque Prints from the Permanent Collection, Art 45, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 12-November 25, 1979.
Late Medieval and Renaissance Prints, Barrows Galleries, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 18-December 15, 1974.
Learning About Prints, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 17-December 11, 1988.
Medieval Into Renaissance, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 21-April 24, 1994.
Molinari Medals & Plaquettes, Carpenter Galleries, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 11-December 12, 1976.
Old Master Prints from the Dartmouth Collection, Friends and Owen Robertson Cheatham Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 23-April 10, 1988.
Palmer Lounge, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May-July 1973.
Prints from the Hood Museum Collection, inaugural exhibition, Friends Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 1, 1985-January 12, 1986.
Recent Acquisitions, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hamsphire, January 17-27, 1974.
The Renaissance: Forms, Reforms, and Revolutions, Barrows-Strauss Galleries, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 9-September 3, 1982.
Provenance
James A. Bergquist, Boston, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 1973.
Catalogue Raisonne
Hind V.18.9
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