Christus in het voorgeborchte, Antonie Wierix (II), after Bernardino Passeri, 1593

Identification

Title(s)

Christus in het voorgeborchte
Qvæ Gessit Christvs Descendens ad Infernos (title on object)

Object type

print

Serial number

131/153

Object number

RP-P-OB-67.254

Catalogue reference

Hollstein Dutch 320-2(3)

Inscriptions / marks

collector's mark: Lugt 2165

Description

Na zijn dood daalt Christus af in het voorgeborchte. Hij bereikt de poorten van de hel. Bij verschillende elementen uit de voorstelling staan letters die corresponderen met de legenda in de marge.

Creation

Artist

print maker: Antonie Wierix (II) (mentioned on object)
after design by: Bernardino Passeri

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1593

Material and Technique

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 232 mm × width 146 mm

Explanatory note

Prent gebruikt in: Nadal, Jerónimo. Evangelicae Historiae Imagines. Antwerpen: Martinus Nutius, 1593.

Subject

What

Christ in the underworld, harrowing of hell, Christ in Limbo, 'descensus ad inferos', 'Anastasis'

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

unknown 2012

Copyright

Public domain

Relations

Documentation

The Wierix family : book illustrations part II, p. 56, cat.nr. 320

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.332999

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