print
- Museum number
- 1871,0429.361
- Title
- Object: Xphi [Christi] Crucis Inventio
- Description
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The legend of the true cross; the Empress Helena (Constantine's mother), having discovered the hiding place of three crosses used at the crucifixion of Jesus and the two thieves, found the one upon which Jesus was crucified and is seated on it, surrounded by many figures, some hauling the other crosses, after Livio Agresti; a late impression of a plate made in 1569
Engraving from two plates
- Production date
- 1569 (first published)
- Dimensions
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Height: 700 millimetres
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Width: 448 millimetres (sheet)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- A very late and heavily reworked reprint of a plate made in 1569. For an early impression see V,10.82.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1871
- Acquisition notes
- For the history of the albums see 1871,0429.53.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1871,0429.361
