Descent into Limbo (Mantegna)
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| Artist | Andrea Mantegna |
| Year | 1492 |
| Medium | tempera and gold on panel |
| Dimensions | 38.8 cm × 42.3 cm (15.3 in × 16.7 in) |
| Location | Barbara Piasecka Johnson Collection, Princeton |
Descent into Limbo is a 1492 tempera and gold on panel painting by Andrea Mantegna, now in the Barbara Piasecka Johnson Collection in Princeton, New Jersey. It shows the Descent into Limbo. There are also drawings of the subject by Mantegna in the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, whilst Giovanni Bellini also painted the subject.
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Geometric scheme of the composition
Missing part
Studies for the catalogue Accademia Carrara, Bergamo Dipinti Italiani del Trecento e del Quattrocento (edited by Giovanni Valagussa), included a painting owned by the Accademia Carrara (Bergamo) from 1866. It had formerly been considered to be a studio work, under the title Resurrection. During the studies it was re-identified as the upper part of Descent into Limbo, thanks to a small cross divided between the two parts.[1][2][3][4]
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The whole work
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References
- ^ "Bergamo, scoperto un Mantegna all'Accademia Carrara: si pensava fosse un'opera di bottega, vale 30 milioni di dollari" (in Italian).
- ^ "Bergamo, è di Mantegna la 'Resurrezione di Cristo' all'Accademia Carrara" (in Italian).
- ^ "L'Accademia Carrara di Bergamo scopre un Mantegna in magazzino Parte di un'opera milionaria" (in Italian).
- ^ Hooper, John (2018-05-21). "How a $30 Million Renaissance Masterpiece Was Found". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
Bibliography
- Template:It icon Tatjana Pauli, Mantegna, serie Art Book, Leonardo Arte, Milano 2001. ISBN 9788883101878