Christ and other religious subjects
Images of Christ and Other Religious Subjects / Other religious compositions
The Descent of Christ into Hell
published 1774Colour aquatint with etching, in sepia | RCIN 850603
A colour aquatint after a circular drawing by Raphael now in the Uffizi (inv. no.1475Er). See RCIN 850602 for a photograph of the drawing. Showing Christ, full length, profile to left, stretching out His left arm towards one of the knelt figures who surround Him. The original drawing was a design for a circular bronze relief for the chapel of Agostino Chigi in the church of Santa Maria della Pace, Rome, carved by Lorenzetto or Caradosso and now in the Abbey of Chiaravalle. Published in S. Mulinari, 'Disegni originali d'eccellenti pittori esistenti nella Real Galleria di Firenze...', 1774, pl.IV, no.14.
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
