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Descent of Christ into Limbo by Bartolomé Bermejo, c. 1474-1479, Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
The Life of Christ

Descent of Christ into Limbo

Bartolomé Bermejo (Córdoba, circa 1440 – Barcelona, circa 1501)

c. 1474-1479 · Oli i daurat sobre fusta conífera (oil and gilding on conifer wood) · Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya

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About this painting

Christ steps barefoot onto the fallen door and takes an old man by the hand. Behind Him the souls kneel naked with their hands joined, and the demons look on from the fire. Bartolomé Bermejo brought the north's oil into Aragon, and the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya names his realism one without idealisations. The museum makes this one of four compartments of a predella on Christ the Redeemer, from a documented altarpiece for Santo Domingo de Silos at Daroca; Cèsar Favà and Mireia Mestre argue the four hung two by two, flanking a tabernacle, about 1474 to 1479. The door lies flat, and an old man kneels on it.

Sources: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, 'Descent of Christ into Limbo', inv. 015872-000, purchase 1914; object page read 2026-08-27. · Cèsar Favà and Mireia Mestre, Àrea d'Art Medieval, Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, 'The panels of Christ the Redeemer by Bermejo', museum research post, 2 May 2019.

In which also coming he preached to those spirits that were in prison:

1 Peter 3:19 · Douay-Rheims (Challoner)

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The Record
Date c. 1474-1479
Collection Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Subject The Life of Christ
Season Holy Week, Easter
Master 5,345 px
License PD/CC0
Attribution Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya · 015872-000

The original, as its museum records it

Artist Bartolomé Bermejo
Date c. 1474-1479
Medium Oli i daurat sobre fusta conífera (oil and gilding on conifer wood)
Dimensions 89.5 x 69.5 x 2.5 cm
Holding Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya · 015872-000

Every line above is reproduced from the holding institution’s own catalogue entry, which is linked. Where their title, date or attribution differs from ours, theirs is the one printed here.

The file this print is made from

Source Bartolomé Bermejo - Descent of Christ into Limbo - Google Art Project.jpg
Master 5,345 px on the long edge
Rights PD/CC0 — the photograph as well as the painting
At a glance
ArtistBartolomé Bermejo (Córdoba, circa 1440 – Barcelona, circa 1501)
Datec. 1474-1479
MuseumMuseu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Accession015872-000
MediumOli i daurat sobre fusta conífera (oil and gilding on conifer wood)
Dimensions89.5 x 69.5 x 2.5 cm
Sheet sizes18×24 in, 32×48 in
Provenance of the file
Held byMuseu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya · 015872-000 the museum’s record
Source fileWikimedia Commons · Bartolomé Bermejo - Descent of Christ into Limbo - Google Art Project.jpg
LicencePublic domain
Master4,125 × 5,345 px, the file our printer receives
ChainTaken from Wikimedia Commons on 25 August 2026; held as our print master.

The sheets

18×24 in sheet 18×24 in · image 18×23.3 in · archival margin · 229 dpi
32×48 in sheet 32×48 in · image 32×41.5 in · archival margin · 129 dpi

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