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Pieter Huys: Hell.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Pieter Huys  (circa 1519
date QS:P,+1519–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
–circa 1581
date QS:P,+1581–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 wikidata:Q1973000
 
Alternative names
Peter Huijs, Peeter Huys, Pieter Huijs, Peter Huys
Description Southern Netherlandish painter and drawer
Date of birth/death between 1509 and 1529
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1509-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1529-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
between 1577 and 1591
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1577-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1591-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Location of birth/death Antwerp Antwerp
Work period circa 1545-1577
Work location
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q1973000
Title
Hell.
label QS:Len,"Hell."
label QS:Lde,"Die Hölle"
label QS:Lnl,"De hel (RKD images, art-work number 112700)."

Alternative title(s):

English: Harrowing of Hell.
Nederlands: Christus daalt af in het voorgeborchte van de hel.
Nederlands: Christus’ nederdaling in de Limbus.
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Date 1545-1577 (working period)
Medium oil on panelmedium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 85 cm (33.4 in); width: 114.3 cm (45 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,85U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,114.3U174728
Unknown galleryUnknown gallery
Object history
  • 12 December 2001: auctioned (?) at Christie's, London
Source/Photographer pennsyltuckian.blogspot.com

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current10:12, 11 September 2008Thumbnail for version as of 10:12, 11 September 2008640 × 473 (33 KB)Shakko (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=Pieter Huys renders the''' "Harrowing of Hell"''' on a grand scale. In a graphic hell-scape reminiscent of Hieronymus Bosch, Huys pictures the light of Christ piercing the darkness of Hell where some are redeemed, some are past

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