Christ in Limbo. Artist: Luca Penni (Italian, Florence 1500/1504-1557 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 10 5/8 in. (36.8 × 27 cm). Date: ca.1547-48.Trained in the studio of Raphael (1483-1520) in Rome, Luca Penni then assisted his brother-in-law Perino del Vaga (1501-1547) in Lucca and Genoa, before travelling to France around 1537-38, later joining Rosso Fiorentino (1494-1540) and Francesco Primaticcio (1504-1570) to work in the employ of the French king, François I. This newly-discovered drawing was until recently believed to be lost: it is a splendid example of Penni's mature fluid style as a draftsman and his inventive, densely-wrought compositions of the French period. Done around the time of the artist's arrival in Paris around 1547, the drawing was realized in preparing the design of an etching of Christ in Limbo, as proved by the incisions around the contours of the figures.The print, produced by the French engraver Léon Davent, shows the composition in reverse: the Museum ow

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Christ in Limbo. Artist: Luca Penni (Italian, Florence 1500/1504-1557 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 10 5/8 in. (36.8 × 27 cm). Date: ca.1547-48.Trained in the studio of Raphael (1483-1520) in Rome, Luca Penni then assisted his brother-in-law Perino del Vaga (1501-1547) in Lucca and Genoa, before travelling to France around 1537-38, later joining Rosso Fiorentino (1494-1540) and Francesco Primaticcio (1504-1570) to work in the employ of the French king, François I. This newly-discovered drawing was until recently believed to be lost: it is a splendid example of Penni's mature fluid style as a draftsman and his inventive, densely-wrought compositions of the French period. Done around the time of the artist's arrival in Paris around 1547, the drawing was realized in preparing the design of an etching of Christ in Limbo, as proved by the incisions around the contours of the figures.The print, produced by the French engraver Léon Davent, shows the composition in reverse: the Museum ow

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