Descent into Purgatory
Albrecht Dürer.
Passio Christi ab Alberto Durer Nurenbergensi effigiata cum varii generis carminibus Fratris Benedicti Chelidonii Musophili.
Nuremberg: Albrecht Dürer, 1511. (11012)
In the woodcut of Christ’s Descent into Purgatory, the deceased Savior moves in spirit to the gates of Hell, where he frees the long-suffering souls Adam and Eve, Moses, and St. John the Baptist.