After Andrea Mantegna
The Descent into Limbo

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Artist After Andrea Mantegna(Italian, 1431–1506)Italian, 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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Department

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceCount Valier, Asolo, Italy; Cecil Amelia Blaffer Foundation; transferred to the 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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