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The Crucified Christ as the Tree of Life with Monks and Nuns
Also known as: The Tree of Christ
Exhibition history
Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973). French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 2-May 16, 1982). Northern European Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1982-January 9, 1983). I and Thou. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 21-May 27, 1984). From Fontainebleau to the Louvre: French Drawing from the Seventeenth Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1989-January 28, 1990). French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Laurent de La Hyre (French, 1606–1656)
- Date
- c. 1639
- Medium
- black chalk, black chalk wash, and graphite with traces of brown wash and red chalk; framing lines in brown ink
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 31.2 x 46.4 cm (12 5/16 x 18 1/4 in.); Secondary Support: 38.2 x 52.8 cm (15 1/16 x 20 13/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Delia E. Holden Fund
- Accession no.
- 1972.98
Provenance
Marquis Philippe de Chennevières, Paris (Lugt 2073, lower center, in black ink); [his sale, Paris, Hotel Drouot, 4-7 April 1900, p. 43, lot 261] (photocopy of cat. in department file). [sale, Paris, Hotel Drouot, 23 Feb. 1972, lot 27] (photocopy of cat. in department file). [Seiferheld and Co., New York]
More by Laurent de La Hyre in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00011506
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