Christ's Descent into Limbo. 마우리츠하위스(Mauritshuis). 덴하그(Den Haag, 헤이그:Hague)

Christ's Descent into Limbo. 마우리츠하위스(Mauritshuis).

덴하그(Den Haag, 헤이그:Hague). 네덜란드(Netherland)

   

Jan Brueghel the Elder, Hans Rottenhammer

Christ's Descent into Limbo

1597

After his death, Christ was supposed to have descended into the underworld, to free Adam and Eve, and all the righteous, and take them up to heaven. This descent is depicted here by Brueghel I and Rottenhammer, who often worked together.

The small painting belonged to the family of Orange, and was part of the painting gallery of stadholder Willem V. Later it ended up in the Mauritshuis.

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