# Saint Helena Kneeling before the True Cross

- By: Cesare Nebbia (Italian, 1536-1614)
- Date: c. 1582
- Medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on cream laid paper, edge mounted on cream wove paper
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: 29.7 × 16.4 cm (11 3/4 × 6 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Italy
- Credit line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/82609)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/9297e4f8-3529-f49e-7ac8-059c12ea1ebe/full/!1671,1080/0/default.jpg
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