PrintsFrench18th century

The Discovery of the Cross

18th century

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 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

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

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