The Crucified Christ as the Tree of Life with Monks and Nuns

Laurent de La Hyrec. 1639

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Title: The Crucified Christ as the Tree of Life with Monks and Nuns
Creator: Laurent de La Hyre (French, 1606-1656)
Date Created: c. 1639
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 31.2 x 46.4 cm (12 5/16 x 18 1/4 in.); Secondary Support: 38.2 x 52.8 cm (15 1/16 x 20 13/16 in.)
Provenance: Marquis Philippe de Chennevières, Paris (Lugt 2073, lower center, in black ink); [his sale, Paris, Hotel Drouot, 4-7 April 1900, p. 43, lot 261] (photocopy of cat. in department file). [sale, Paris, Hotel Drouot, 23 Feb. 1972, lot 27] (photocopy of cat. in department file). [Seiferheld and Co., New York]
Type: Drawing
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.98
Medium: black chalk, black chalk wash, and graphite with traces of brown wash and red chalk; framing lines in brown ink
Department: Drawings
Culture: France, 17th century
Credit Line: Delia E. Holden Fund
Collection: DR - French
Accession Number: 1972.98

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