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Sebastiano Conca
1680-1764
The Finding of the True Cross
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper; squared for transfer in black chalk; sheet arched at top.
8 x 4 3/8 inches (205 x 112 mm)
Bequest of Mrs. Ernest Ash.
1981.45
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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
Provenance:
Dr. Curt Glaser, former Director of the Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin; his widow, Maria Milch Glaser, later Mrs. Ernest Ash, New York.
Associated names:
Galser, Curt, 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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