Sebastiano Conca
1680-1764
The Finding of the True Cross
8 x 4 3/8 inches (205 x 112 mm)
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper; squared for transfer in black chalk; sheet arched at top.
1981.45
Bequest of Mrs. Ernest Ash.
Notes
Watermark: Shield with three small fleur-de-lis(?) inside center circle, small crown in shield, letters VC below shield. Watermark, beta radiograph, shield, "VC", fleur-de-lis. 141173wm_1981_45_WM_beta.tiff
Associated names
Galser, Curt, former owner.
Ash, Ernest, Mrs., former owner.
Ash, Ernest, Mrs., former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 248-249.
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