To the left is a figure holding a cross, possibly Dismas the good thief, for whom a preparatory head study is in the Morgan Library and Museum. He is the ideal symbol for an artist struggling to make others hear his poetry although, in a perfect paradox, Drer's Maenads also. In the far background John the Baptist guides the souls, whilst at the bottom is a river divinity. Drer’s Death of Orpheus (1494) and Descent into Limbo (1510) The drawing at left is of Orpheus, the legendary musician, poet and prophet, who was beaten to death by Maenads who could not hear his music. It shows Christ descending to the souls in Limbo, including Adam in the centre, a nude Eve to the right and between them King David holding a sceptre. Damaged by a fire in 1655, the painting was seen by Giorgio Vasari, who praised it for the uniqueness of its figures, prefiguring Mannerism. With the Saint Martin Nativity and Holy Family with the Infant John the Baptist it is one of the last works commissioned from the artist by the Beccafumi Marsili family for their family chapel at the Basilica of San Francesco in Siena. Title: Drawing of Anish Kapoors Descent into Limbo (1992) for Anish Kapoor, Hayward Gallery, 1998 Date Created: 1992, 1992 Location Created: London, United. 1530-1535 oil on panel painting by Domenico Beccafumi, now in the Sienese Grand Masters room in the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Siena. 1530–1535) by Domenico Beccafumiĭescent into Limbo or Descent into Hell is a c. Title: The Descent into Limbo Creator: Unknown Date Created: late 13th century Location Created: Nicaea, Turkey Nicomedia (or), Turkey Physical Dimensions.