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Christ and other religious subjects

Images of Christ and Other Religious Subjects / Other religious compositions

AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

The Descent of Christ into Limbo

c.1853-76

Albumen print | 16.4 x 15.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850602

A photograph of a circular pen and ink drawing by Raphael (c.1510-11) now in the Uffizi (inv. no.1475Er). Showing Christ, full length, profile to left, stretching out His left arm towards one of the knelt figures who surround Him. Designed for a circular bronze relief for the chapel of Agostino Chigi in the church of Santa Maria della Pace, Rome, sculpted by Lorenzetto or Caradosso and now in the Abbey of Chiaravalle.

This drawing features a study for a nude man on the verso (see RCIN 854342 for a photograph of the verso).
  • Creator(s)

    After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

  • 16.4 x 15.7 cm (sheet of paper)

  • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Subject(s)
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • Life of Christ
            • Passion of Christ
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    ppp. 613-614, no. 1475 Ev (Inventario Uffizi. Disegni Esposti II 1987 : Disegni esposti, vol. 2, 1987 / a cura di Annamaria Petrioli Tofani, Florence (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi) )
    p. 212, no. 315r (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)