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Christ in Limbo
Unidentified artist, Italian, 18th century
Or: Unidentified artist, Italian, 19th century
Possibly by: Francesco Novelli (Italian, 1767–1836)
In the manner of: Andrea Mantegna (Italian (Paduan, active in Mantua), about 1431–1506)
Or: Unidentified artist, Italian, 19th century
Possibly by: Francesco Novelli (Italian, 1767–1836)
In the manner of: Andrea Mantegna (Italian (Paduan, active in Mantua), about 1431–1506)
about 1790-1850
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 31.7 × 42.4 cm (12 1/2 × 16 11/16 in.)
Platemark: 27.2 × 28.3 cm (10 11/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
Platemark: 27.2 × 28.3 cm (10 11/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB2429
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hind (as possibly by Francesco Novelli (1767-1836) V, 18, 9, variant b; Bartsch (as a modern work after Mantegna) XIII, 242, Addition 1; Illustrated Bartsch (as an eighteenth-century reproduction of a painting after a Mantegna design) 2506.031a
Marks
Verso, left center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, left center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)