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Christ's Descent into Hell by Follower of Hieronymus Bosch, second quarter 16th century, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Life of Christ

Christ's Descent into Hell

Follower of Hieronymus Bosch (Netherlandish, second quarter 16th century)

second quarter 16th century · Oil on wood · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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image 14×6.4 in on a 14×11 in sheet

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About this painting

Fires on the horizon, a broken white head lying in black water, bones on the plain. Into this, the Met says, Christ comes to break the gates of hell and rescue the souls of the just, and it names who is waiting. Adam and Eve kneel in supplication on top of a ruined tower. Behind them figures from the Hebrew Bible climb out of the depths: Abraham and Isaac with the ram, and Noah carrying a model of his ark. A follower of Hieronymus Bosch painted it. The Harrowing appears in no gospel. It is in the Creed, and the first parents wait at the top of the wreckage.

Sources: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 'Christ's Descent into Hell', Follower of Hieronymus Bosch, accession 26.244; read 2026-08-27.

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 second quarter 16th century
Collection The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Subject The Life of Christ
Season Holy Week, Easter
Master 3,788 px
License PD/CC0
Attribution The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · 26.244

The original, as its museum records it

Artist Follower of Hieronymus Bosch (Netherlandish, second quarter 16th century)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions 21 x 46 in. (53.3 x 116.8 cm)
Holding The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · 26.244

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 Christ's Descent into Hell MET DP-1207-001.jpg
Master 3,788 px on the long edge
Rights PD/CC0 — the photograph as well as the painting
At a glance
ArtistFollower of Hieronymus Bosch (Netherlandish, second quarter 16th century)
Datesecond quarter 16th century
MuseumThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession26.244
MediumOil on wood
Dimensions21 x 46 in. (53.3 x 116.8 cm)
Sheet sizes11×14 in
Provenance of the file
Held byThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · 26.244 the museum’s record
Source fileThe Met’s own open-access file
LicenceCreative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedication
Master3,788 × 1,732 px, the file our printer receives
ChainTaken from The Met’s own open-access file on 25 August 2026; held as our print master.

The sheets

11×14 in sheet 14×11 in · image 14×6.4 in · archival margin · 271 dpi

Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 3,788 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.