The Discovery of the True Cross — Bernardo Strozzi. The Discovery of the True Cross, 1599–1644. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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The Discovery of the True Cross

by Bernardo Strozzi

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Artist: Bernardo Strozzi (Italian, Genoa 1581–1644 Venice)
Date: 1599–1644
Medium: Pen and brown ink, over leadpoint or black chalk; framing lines in pen and darker brown ink
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 11 3/16in. (19.1 x 28.4cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
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 no.: 1998.255

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