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Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810, Italian, Christ Descending into the Grave, 1808, published 1813
- Title:
Christ Descending into the Grave
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1808, published 1813
- Medium:
- Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 × 11 3/8 inches (38.1 × 28.9 cm), Plate: 11 × 7 7/8 inches (27.9 × 20 cm), Image: 9 1/8 × 4 7/8 inches (23.2 × 12.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered upper right: "P1"; below image, lower center: "Christ descending into the Grave | Eternal King! whose potent Arm sustains | the Keys of Hell and Death. | London, Published Mar. 1. 1813 by R.Ackermann 101 Strand"; lower left: "Drawn by W.Blake"; lower right: "Etched by L. Schiavonetti"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1974.8.4
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- barefoot | Christianity | death | descending | flames | grave | halo | hell | keys | light | man | religious and mythological subject | robes | salvation | victory
- Associated People:
- Christ
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23394
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