The Discovery of the True Cross
Moncalvo (Guglielmo Caccia)
1568–1625
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over slight traces of black chalk
Dimensions
sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 7/16 in. (16.5 x 21.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1961
Accession Number
61.159
Tags
MenCross
About the Artist
Moncalvo (Guglielmo Caccia) · 1568–1625
Guglielmo Caccia (1568–1625), known as Il Moncalvo after the Piedmontese town where he worked, stands as the most important exponent of Counter-Reformation art in Piedmont. Born on May 9, 1568, in Montabone near Acqui, Caccia earned the epithet 'the Raphael of Monferrato' for his elegant sacred paintings that successfully translated Counter-Reformation spiritual ideals into visual form. Working p...