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Kneeling Monk Holding a Crucifix

A work made of black chalk on cream laid paper.
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Date:

1630

Artist:

Cornelis Saftleven
Dutch, 1607-1681

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Cornelis Saftleven

Title

Kneeling Monk Holding a Crucifix

Place

Holland (Artist's nationality)

Date

1630

Medium

Black chalk on cream laid paper

Inscriptions

Signed and inscribed, recto lower right, in image above feet, in black chalk: “CS / 1630”; verso, in graphite: "11 ⅜ x 7 ⅜"; inscribed by William Gurley, in pen and black ink: "Cornelius Saftleven/ 1607–1682"

Dimensions

29 × 18.9 cm (11 7/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.1848

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