The Passion: Christ in Limbo, c. 1480. Martin Schongauer (German, c.1450-1491). Engraving; sheet: 16.5 x 11.7 cm (6 1/2 x 4 5/8 in.). Martin Schongauer's series of the Passion of Christ was his largest set of engravings, made around 1480, and extensively copied across Europe. It consists of twelve prints detailing the suffering of Christ in the last days of his life. Schongauer's version focuses on crowded scenes, grotesque physiognomies of Christ's tormentors, and great pathos in the compositions. Here, Schongauer represented the episode in which Christ, between his death and resurrection, descended into Limbo to bring salvation to the righteous ones who had died before him. Christ majestically strides over a vanquished demon crushed under his foot, and holds Adams with his left hand.
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