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The Verification of the True Cross

c. 1590

Filippo Bellini

(Italian, c. 1550–1603)
Culture
Italy, late 16th century
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown wash, over graphite
Support
Laid paper
Measurements
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.)
Credit Line
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 2011.197
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
A vertically oriented pen and ink drawing with brown wash depicts a muscular man seated on a diagonal ledge, hands pressed together. To our left, an older bearded man and several others gesture toward him. In the upper right background, figures manipulate a large wooden cross. A man in the lower foreground looks upward. Outlined in brown ink and shaded with translucent washes, the scene occupies tan paper framed by thin lines.

The Verification of the True Cross

c. 1590

Filippo Bellini

(Italian, c. 1550–1603)
Italy, late 16th century

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