Albrecht Dürer

1471–1528
Germany

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HARROWING OF HELL OR CHRIST IN LIMBO

Circa 1509

Sheet 25 from the series “The Small Passion”

With monogram

Woodcut

125×98 mm

Impression in the Museum collections

Late 16th – early 17th century

No watermark

Provenance:

State Hermitage;
Rumyantsev Museum since 1862;
in the Museum since 1924

Inv. Г-2345

Comments:

the impression is without text, on thick dense paper, the plate has significant gaps in the centre and on the edges

Other impressions in the Museum collections:

1) Inv. Г-2344;

2) Inv. Г-81073

Both impressions are grey, made on thick dense paper without watermarks, without text, dating from the same time as Inv. Г-2345