Descent to the Limbo

Christ in limbo; after Dürer (Meder 16); standing in an archway, holding the flag of the Resurrection and bending forward to reach out to one of the figures in hell in foreground; next to him in the archway Adam and Eve; a devilish monster on the arch at right, another holding a large key at lower left; from a series of fifteen etchings after Dürer's Small Passion.

Etching on iron, from the Passion of Christ. Signed with monogram on a tablet at lower right.

Examples in the very rare first state of two, before the Funk edition, with the number of the plate.

A great impression, particularly rich in shades, printed on contemporary laid paper, trimmed to the platemark, in excellent condition.