Death of Christ Redeeming Souls from Purgatory

A pen and brown ink drawing over black chalk, with an arched top. A nude male body lies diagonally across the center, supported by a bearded figure on the left and surrounded by angels and writhing figures. Clouds and a winged head appear above, and small figures rise from the lower edge.

Look closer: A small skull-like head sits in the lower left corner, half hidden in the drawing's foliage.

Artist

Ercole Procaccini The Younger

Date

17th century

Medium

Pen and brown ink over black chalk on light tan paper. Arched top

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2017 × 3923 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Cephas G. Thompson, 1887