La Descente aux limbes (Christ's Descent into Limbo)

Jacques Callot, French, 1592 - 1635

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about 1631

Etching on laid paper

Image: 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (3.1 × 3.1 cm)

Sheet: 1 3/8 × 4 1/2 in. (3.5 × 11.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Jean K. Weil in memory of Adolph Weil Jr., Class of 1935

PR.997.5.15

Portfolio / Series Title

Variæ tum Passionis Christi tum vitæ beatæ Mariæ Virginis (Les Mystères de la Passion; The Mysteries of the Passion)

Publisher

Israël Henriet, Paris

Geography

Place Made: France, Europe

Period

1600-1800

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

Collector's mark, reverse, stamped, in purple ink, lower right: Dr [r in superscript] R [in square] [Lugt 4713]

Exhibition History

Envisioning Jerusalem: Prints from Durer to Rembrandt, Harrington Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 9-June 19, 2011.

Publication History

Timothy Rub, Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann, Kelly Pask, "A Gift to the College: The Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Weil Jr. Collection of Master Prints", Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1998, listed, p.82, no. 21.

Provenance

Alfred Rossier (1879-1958), Vevey, Swtizerland [Lugt 4713]; William H. Schab Gallery, Inc., New York; sold to Jean K. and Adolph Weil, Jr., Montgomery, Alabama, on May 20, 1982; given to present collection, 1997.

Catalogue Raisonne

Lieure 690; Meaume 31-36

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