The descent into the Breken, Albrecht Dürer, 1512 print Christ, a staff with a vane in hand, frees a group of souls from a dungeon. Devils try to prevent this in vain. Adam and Eva are already outside the Hellepoort. This print is part of a series of 16 prints with scenes from the suffering story. Nuremberg paper engraving Christ leaving hell: he liberates patriarchs, prophets, kings and other persons from hell, among them Adam, Eve, Moses, David, and John the Baptist

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