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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M8232
People
Nicolas Le Sueur, French (Paris 1691 - 1764 Paris)
After ? Bernardino Pintoricchio, Italian (c. 1452 - 1513)
Title
The Discovery of the Cross
Other Titles
Original Language Title: L'Invention de la Croix
Series/Book Title: Recueil Crozat
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1729-1749
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/53965

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut
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

Recorded Ownership History
Winslow Ames, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1935

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Portalis & Beraldi II, 682

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Winslow Ames
Accession Year
1935
Object Number
M8232
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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