File:Follower of Jheronimus Bosch 010.jpg

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Summary

anonymous: Christ's Descent into Hell

Artist

Follower of Jheronimus Bosch

Title

Christ's Descent into Hell.^[1]

Alternative title(s):

The Hell.^[2]

Object type

painting

Genre

religious art

Description

Harrowing of Hell

Date

circa 1550-1560 (1530-1560)

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

height: 53.3 cm (20.9 in); width: 116.8 cm (45.9 in)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

	Native name	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Location	Manhattan, New York, United States of America
	Coordinates	40° 46′ 46″ N, 73° 57′ 48″ W
	Established	1870
	Website	www.metmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q160236 VIAF: 126238294 ISNI: 0000000419368761 ULAN: 500125157 LCCN: n79129629 NLA: 36247933 WorldCat

Current location

Gallery 642

Accession number

26.244

Place of creation

Netherlands

Object history

before 1895: Philipp, Graf von Saint Genois, Vienna
after 1895: Kominik, Prague
by 1926: Frantisek Kominik, Prague
by February 1926: Hugo Feigl (art dealer), Prague
1926: bought by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, with the aid of the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund.

Exhibition history

30 Masterpieces: An Exhibition of Paintings from the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bloomington (18 April 1948 - 16 May 1948)
Out of this World: An Exhibition of Fantastic Landscapes from the Renaissance to the Present, Houston, 20 March 1964 - 30 April 1964
From Van Eyck to Bruegel: Early Netherlandish Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 22 September 1998 - 21 February 1999
Kara Walker at the Met: After the Deluge, New York, 21 March 2006 - 6 August 2006
Remember That You Will Die: Death Across Cultures, New York, 19 March 2010 - 9 August 2010
Looking for Utopia, Leuven, 20 October 2016 - 17 January 2017

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926

References

A Concise Catalogue of the European Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Follower of Bosch
Early Netherlandish paintings, Vol. V Geertgen tot Sint Jans en Jerome Bosch, 88
The Met object ID: 435725
RKDimages ID: 59978
Friedländer ID: 982
Artstor artwork ID: 18615476

Source/Photographer

Metropolitan Museum of Art, online collection (The Met object ID 435725), image

Licensing

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	02:46, 19 November 2013	3,811 × 1,735 (1.41 MB)	Botaurus	original size, http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/435725
	17:01, 5 March 2010	1,905 × 868 (1.19 MB)	DcoetzeeBot	Uploading full-resolution version from [http://www.metmuseum.org/search/iquery.asp?pWoaAdvSearch=1&pKeyAcc=26.244 Metropolitan Museum Collection Database website (accession number 26.244)], [http://www.metmuseum.org/Imageshare/ep/zoom/dt226894.jpg]
	10:18, 26 February 2010	1,441 × 638 (201 KB)	Vincent Steenberg	colours
	09:51, 4 September 2009	1,692 × 789 (168 KB)	Vincent Steenberg	{{Information \|Description={{en\|1=''Christ's Descent into Hell''.}} {{nl\|1=''Christus daalt af in het voorgeborchte van de hel''.}} \|Source=Max J. Friedländer (1969) ''Early Netherlandisch Painting. Volume V. Geertgen tot Sint Jans and Jerome Bosch'', Le