PrintsFrench18th century

The Discovery of the Cross

1729-1749

Artists

Nicolas Le SueurArtist

Bernardino PintoricchioArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Chiaroscuro woodcut

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 37 × 31.3 cm (14 9/16 × 12 5/16 in.) Plate: 40.8 × 31.8 cm (16 1/16 × 12 1/2 in.) Sheet: 51.3 × 35 cm (20 3/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Winslow Ames, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1935

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