La discesa al Limbo

Acquaforte su ferro, tratta dalla Passione di Cristo. Le opere derivano dall’analoga serie di Albrecht Durer. Esemplare nel rarissimo primo stato di due, prima della tiratura Funk, con l’aggiunta del numero in lastra. Magnifica prova, particolarmente ricca di toni, impressa su carta vergata coeva con filigrana del “giglio”, rifilata al rame, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Christ in limbo; after Dürer (Meder 16); standing in an archway, holding the flag of the Resurrection and bending forward to reach out to one of the figures in hell in foreground; next to him in the archway Adam and Eve; a devilish monster on the arch at right, another holding a large key at lower left; from a series of fifteen etchings after Dürer's Small Passion.Etching on iron, from the Passion of Christ. Signed with monogram on a tablet at lower right.Examples in the very rare first state of two, before the Funk edition, with the number of the plate.A great impression, particularly rich in shades, printed on contemporary laid paper, trimmed to the platemark, in excellent condition. Cfr. Hollstein 14, I/II; Bartsch VIII.527.15.