Christ's Descent into Limbo, from the Soest Altarpiece, Christ, whose head is missing, stands slightly diagonally to the left on the back of a huddled, crawling monster with its mouth open, with its thick tongue hanging. He holds up the right hand (in front of the vane), the left hand against Adam's arm, who steps out of a cave, followed by Eve in a praying position. Adam has put his right arm around Eve and holds the left hand for shame. Behind them a man whose head and shoulders are only visible. Before Eve, a monster crawls out of the ground and raises its head spasmodically. Christ wears a cloak closed with an agrafe, which is lifted by the raised right arm, so that the wound can be seen in the side, a mantle slip is placed over the left forearm. Behind Christ the door of the limbo, Christ in the underworld, harrowing of hell, Christ in Limbo, 'descensus ad inferos', 'Anastasis', Master of the Soest Altarpiece, Utrecht, c. 1475 - c. 1500, oak (wood), gilding, h 49.5 cm × w 33 cm × d 17 cm
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