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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M9887
People
Nicolas Le Sueur, French (Paris 1691 - 1764 Paris)
After ? Bernardino Pintoricchio, Italian (c. 1452 - 1513)
Title
The Discovery of the Cross
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/265182

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut
Dimensions
Image: 37 × 31 cm (14 9/16 × 12 3/16 in.)
Plate: 40.8 × 31.6 cm (16 1/16 × 12 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 44 × 34.3 cm (17 5/16 × 13 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Horace M. Swope, St. Louis and New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Portalis & Beraldi II, 682

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Horace M. Swope, Class of 1905
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
M9887
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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