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Christ's Descent into Hell
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Paper support cut into three parts.
Department of Drawings
Mrs. Vivian Neal sold; [Sotheby's London 28 March 1968 lot 121]; to [Heinrich Pilartz Cologne.] [Sotheby's London 9 April 1981 lot 63.] Vermeer Associates Ltd. Brampton Ontario sold; to Harvard University Art Museums 2003; The Kate Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in honor of Anne and John Straus the Marian H. Phinney Fund and the Paul J. Sachs Memorial Fund inv. no. 2003.153.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum The Kate Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in honor of Anne and John Straus the Marian H. Phinney Fund and the Paul J. Sachs Memorial Fund
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