The Discovery of the True Cross
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
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
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...