After Andrea Mantegna
The Descent into Limbo

ArtistItalian, 1431–1506
CultureItalian
Titles
  • The Descent into Limbo
Datec. 1497
PlaceItaly
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions28 × 22 inches (71.1 × 55.9 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1979.17
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
217 Blaffer Galleries
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ProvenanceCount Valier, Asolo, Italy; Cecil Amelia Blaffer Foundation; Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1979.
Exhibition History"Picturing the Landscape: Works from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Ellen Noel Museum, Odessa, Texas, September–October 2003.

"Italian Renaissance," The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas, December 1, 2004–February 25, 2005.

"Beholding Salvation: Images of Christ," Brigham Young Universtiy Museum of Art, Provo, Utah, November 16, 2006–June 30, 2007.

El Paso Museum of Art, Texas, March 16, 2009–December 31, 2010.

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