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The Descent of Christ to Limbo (recto); Coats of Arms of Florentine and Sienese Families (verso)

Domenico Beccafumi · 1484–1551

Maximum print size

Frame
27.9 × 35.6 cm · 11.0 × 14.0 in
Mat opening
21.6 × 29.7 cm · 8.5 × 11.7 in
Mat border, sides
3.3 cm · 1.3 in
Mat border, top and bottom
3.0 cm · 1.2 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date
ca. 1536
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of leadpoint or black chalk; squared in leadpoint (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)
Type
Drawings
Size
22.9 × 16.2 cm · 9.0 × 6.4 in
Orientation
portrait
Subjects
Christ, Coat of Arms, Men
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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