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Where to See Descent into Limbo in Los Angeles

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Descent into Limbo by Alonso Cano at Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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Where to See It

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles, United States

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1601–1667

Spanish

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Alonso Cano completed this Christ's descent into Limbo to free the souls of the righteous dead. The resurrected Christ leads Adam, Eve, and other figures from darkness into light.

Cano was a leading Spanish Baroque painter. This work is at the LACMA in Los Angeles.

Where to See It

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles, United States

5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036

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1601–1667

Spanish

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About Descent into Limbo

You can see it at Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles, United States. Alonso Cano created it.

Alonso Cano, a Spanish Baroque master You can see it at Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Alonso Cano painted Christ's descent into Limbo to free the souls of the righteous dead.

The Harrowing of Hell depicts Christ descending to free righteous souls who died before his crucifixion. Alonso Cano painted this dramatic theological subject in his Spanish Baroque style.

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