Identification title(s): saint helena and the true cross. Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-38. 654. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark; verso, stamped: lugt 240. Description: saint helena sitting in the foreground. Behind her a window with outside the angel who appeared to her in a vision with the true cross on which christ had hung. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: anonymous, after a design by: parmigianino. Place of manufacture: italy. Dating: 1513 - 1549. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: top: h 201 mm (cut off inside the plate edge) × w 126 mm (cut off inside the plate edge). Subject: what: empress helena, mother of constantine the great; possible attributes: model of church, (royal) crown, crown of thorns, cross, three nails. Acquisition: transfer of management 1816. Date: between 1513 and 1549.
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