Title: Christ in Limbo
Object type: Drawing
Date: ca. 1547–48
Artist:  Luca Penni 
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1500/1504–1557 Paris
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with brush and white gouache, on paper prepared with pale brown wash; outlines incised for transfer
Dimensions: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 10 5/8 in. (36.8 × 27 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest and Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2014
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Female Nudes, term: Mythical Creatures, term: Christ