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Netherlandish, Malines, circa 1600
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
bidding is closed
Description
- The Descent into Hell
- inscribed III 1Q81
- partially gilt alabaster relief ; in a gilt an ebonized wood frame
Provenance
Me Cheval sale, Paris, 16 June 1986.
Catalogue Note
This composition is directly inspired by the engraving of Christ in Limbo by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), one of the series of the Small Passion (1511).