Where Is Descent into Limbo? Museum Location

Q: Where is Descent into Limbo?

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

Q: Who painted this religious scene?

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.

Q: What is the Descent into Limbo?

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.

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.

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.

Descent into Limbo

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The Artist

More by Alonso Cano

Kings of the Visigoths

St. John the Evangelist and the Poisoned Cup

The Crucifixion

St. Isidore saves a child that had fallen in a well

Also at Los Angeles County Museum of Art

The Mocking of Christ

Landscape with Armed Men

Pastoral Landscape with a Mill

Virginia da Vezzo, the Artist's Wife, as the Magdalen

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Girl with a Pearl Earring

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The Lacemaker

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