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Pieter van der Heyden
Christ's Descent into Limbocirca 1561

Not on view
Engraving on cream paper depicting a dense, fantastical scene of hybrid monsters, nude figures streaming from a giant open-mouthed creature, and a central oval medallion enclosing a haloed figure, with Latin text along the bottom edge
Artist or Maker
Pieter van der Heyden
Flanders, Antwerp, circa 1530-after 1572
After
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Flanders, 1525-1569
Publisher
Hieronymus Cock
Flanders, Antwerp, circa 1510-1570
Title
Christ's Descent into Limbo
Place Made
Holland
Date Made
circa 1561
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 11 5/8 in. (22.23 × 29.53 cm) Image: 8 3/4 × 11 5/8 in. (22.23 × 29.53 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.440
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Esguerra, Clarissa, and Michaela Hansen. Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022.
  • Esguerra, Clarissa M., Michaela Hansen, Katie Somerville, and Danielle Whitfield, editors. Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022.