The Verification of the True Cross

Inscriptions

black ink stamp, P over E: Edmund Prideaux (d. 1745), Lugt, 893, lower left: on verso in brown ink: Joseph Porta dit Saleriati(?); a partially erased graphite inscription below (not legible).

Provenance

Edmund Prideaux (d. 1745.), Lugt 893; Private collection, England; Carta Fine Art Ltd.; Cleveland Museum of Art

Quick Overview

Artist: Filippo Bellini (Italian, c. 1550–1603)
Date: c. 1590
Medium: pen and brown ink, brown wash, over graphite
Dimensions: Sheet: 28.6 x 19.7 cm (11 1/4 x 7 3/4 in.); Secondary Support: 29.7 x 21 cm (11 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawing
Department: Drawings
Credit line: Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
Accession no.: 2011.197

More by Filippo Bellini in museum collections

Christ in Limbo: Design for the Standard of a Confraternity
Filippo Bellini
1550–1604 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019646

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.