Blanton Museum of Art - Christ in Limbo, from The Fall and Salvation of Mankind Through the Life and Passion of Christ

Christ in Limbo, from The Fall and Salvation of Mankind Through the Life and Passion of Christ

circa 1513
16th century
7.5 cm x 5.1 cm (2 15/16 in. x 2 in.)

Albrecht Altdorfer (Regensburg (Bavaria), circa 1480 - 1538, Regensburg (Bavaria)) Primary

Object Type: print

Artist Nationality: Europe, German

Medium and Support: Woodcut

Credit Line: Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002

Accession Number: 2002.766

Altdorfer’s series consists of forty blocks rendering the fundamental Christian narrative, from Original Sin through the Last Judgment, with most devoted to the Life of Christ. Distinctively, they bring the miniature scale, pictorial values, and technical refinement of some of Dürer’s engravings to woodcut. The Steinberg Collection includes three other prints from the series, and the later engraving of Hercules and a Muse.

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Prints - German 14th-19th c.

prints - Religious Images