Descent into Hell.

RCIN 801758

Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)

Descent into Hell

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

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Carrying episcopal cross, Jesus enters doorway surmounted by papal arms, and welcomed by devil with papal crown. Adam and Eve and Moses stands right.
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Search the collection Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)
(etcher)

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Search the collection Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543)
(artist)
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etching
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General Subject Prints
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visual works
prints
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Religion & Theology
Religions and faiths
Christianity
Life of Christ
Passion of Christ
Christ in Limbo

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Descent into Hell

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