The Bearing of the Cross, 1580s

Not on View

chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks: black line block and two tone blocks in shades of green-brown on laid paper

sheet (trimmed to borderline): 31.1 x 23.2 cm (12 1/4 x 9 1/8 in.)

Bartsch, Vol. 12, p.42, no. 21, State trimmed without the lettering

1994.60.1

Andrea Andreani (artist) Italian, 1558/1559 - 1629

Alessandro Casolani (artist after) Sienese, 1552 - 1606

by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 11-21

Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Benedict, Ruth B., Dr.

1994: A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 5.

1802: Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1994: A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 5.