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Guercino (Cento 1591-Bologna 1666)
The Finding of the True Cross 1644
Red chalk | 30.0 x 20.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 902788
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A full-length composition drawing in which St Helen kneels on the left with her arms flung out to the side; on the right a woman sits upon a bier having been revived by the cross, which is held over her body and which she embraces; the Cross is supported by two men; in the centre background is a bishop, and a radiance appears to descend from the sky. A study for the altarpiece of the same subject, S. Lazzaro dei Mendicanti, Venice.
RCIN 903105 is a coarsely retouched offset taken from this drawing.Provenance
Bequeathed by the artist to Benedetto and Cesare Gennari; from whose descendants purchased by Richard Dalton for George III, c.1758-63; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1800-1820 (Inv.A, p.66: 'The finding of the Cross')
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Medium and techniques
Red chalk
Measurements
30.0 x 20.4 cm (sheet of paper)
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RL 2788
