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Harrowing of Hell

Harrowing of Hell

Series Title: The Engraved Passion

Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471 - 1528)

Date: 1512
Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions:
Image: 4 3/4 x 3 in. (12.1 x 7.6 cm)
Framed: 13 1/8 x 10 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. (33.3 x 26.4 x 2.9 cm)
Credit Line:Museum Purchase
Object number: 1954.62.16.13
On the right, Christ reaches down to pull St. John the Baptist out of Hell. Adam, Eve, and Moses stand to the left, having already been saved by Christ. The arch gateway they stand beneath is guarded by Cerberus, guardian of the underworld. In the foreground, a dragon and the heads of the damned rise up from beneath a broken door.
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