The Harrowing of Hell (Christ in Limbo), from The Engraved Passion

Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471 - 1528

Share

1512

Engraving on laid paper

Probably Meder b

Sheet: 4 1/2 × 2 15/16 in. (11.5 × 7.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Given in memory of Milton J. Goodfriend, M.D.

PR.986.76.1

Geography

Place Made: Germany, Europe

Period

1400-1600

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

Dated, in plate, upper center: 1512; signed, in plate, lower right: AD [artist's monogram]; inscribed, in graphite, on verso: B16 Dodg. 63, 73-03-x; Collector's mark, reverse, stamped, in black ink, lower left: [flower?; butterfly?] Collector's mark, reverse, stamped, in black ink, lower right: Wagner-Museum / Würzburg. Dubl. [Lugt 2541c]

Course History

ARTH 43, Northern Renaissance Art, Jane Carroll, Winter 2012

ARTH 7, Knight, Death, and the Devil, Jane Carroll, Spring 2012

Exhibition History

A Decade of Collecting, 1985-1995: Old Master and Nineteenth Century European Prints from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 9, 1995-February 4, 1996, no. 39.

Medieval Into Renaissance, Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 21-April 24, 1994

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.

Publication History

Richard Rand, "A Decade of Collecting, 1985-1995: Old Master and Nineteenth-Century European Prints", Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1995, no. 39.

Provenance

David R. Godine, Boston, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 1986.Johann Martin von Wagner, University of Wurzburg (duplicate) [Lugt 2541c]; Carol and James Goodfriend; given to present collection, 1986.

Catalogue Raisonne

Bartsch (1803), Vol. VII: 34.16; Meder (1932): 16; Strauss (1972): 66

This record is part of an active database that includes information from historic documentation that may not have been recently reviewed. Information may be inaccurate or incomplete. We also acknowledge some language and imagery may be offensive, violent, or discriminatory. These records reflect the institution’s history or the views of artists or scholars, past and present. Our collections research is ongoing.

We welcome questions, feedback, and suggestions for improvement. Please contact us at: Hood.Collections@dartmouth.edu