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Filippo Bellini

Christ in Limbo: Design for the Standard of a Confraternity

1550–1604
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk or leadpoint; squared in black chalk or leadpoint
35.2 × 24 cm (13.9 × 9.4 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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