Christ in Limbo

Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, 1525–1569)

Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)

Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)

about 1561

Medium/TechniqueEngraving

DimensionsPlatemark: 23.1 x 29.4 cm (9 1/8 x 11 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 24.7 x 32 cm (9 3/4 x 12 5/8 in.)

Credit LineStephen Bullard Memorial Fund

Accession number2014.1030

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ClassificationsPrints

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InscriptionsIn plate, in image, at lower left center: [monogram} PAME In plate, in image, at lower right: •H• cock excu • In plate, in image, at lower right: Bruegel invent In plate, at lower center: TOBLITE O PORTE, CAPITA VESTEA, ATTOLLIMINI FORES SEMPITERNE, ET INGREDIETUR REX ILLE GLORIOSUS

Provenance1976, sold by Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt, to a private collector, Wiesbaden; sold by that private collector back to Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler; 2014, sold by Helmut Rumbler to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 25, 2014)