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Christ in Limbo: Design for the Standard of a Confraternity

1550–1604
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Object Information
  • Title: Christ in Limbo: Design for the Standard of a Confraternity
  • Artist: Filippo Bellini (Italian, Urbino 1550/55–1604 Macerata)
  • Date: 1550–1604
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk or leadpoint; squared in black chalk or leadpoint
  • Dimensions: 13 7/8 x 9 7/16in. (35.2 x 24cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1973
  • Object Number: 1973.87
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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