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The Discovery of the True Cross

Date:: 1581–1644
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, over traces of leadpoint or black chalk, on off-white laid paper; framing outlines in pen and darker brown ink
Dimensions:: 7-1/2 x 11-3/16 in. (19.1 x 28.4 cm)
Classification:: Drawings
Credit Line:: Purchase, Gifts from Mrs. Gardner Cassatt, Mrs. Francis Ormond, Bessie Potter Vonnoh, William Benton, Donald Silve, William M. Ivins, Jr., and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, and other gifts, bequests, and funds, by exchange, 1998
Accession Number:: 1998.255

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: Toward the lower left, the sheet is annotated in pen and brown ink by two different hands, "Palma" and "no.83." The 18th century paper backing is annotated by early hands in pen and brown ink on the upper left, "Palma Vec[chio]," and toward the center, "f 68."
Provenance

Venetian collector, Unidentified (Italian, 1700–1800); Christie's, London Sale, London, July 7, 1998, lot 57 - as by the circle of Jacopo d'Antonio Negretti "Palma Il Vecchio"
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