La Religieuse Tenant La Sainte Croix (The Nun Holds the Cross), from Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre (The Light of the Cloisters), plate 21
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre
Artist: Jacques Callot|François Langlois
Artist bio: French, Nancy 1592–1635 Nancy|French, baptized Chartres, 1588–1647 Paris
Artist role: Artist|Publisher
Artist nationality: French|French
Date: 1621–35
Medium: Etching and letterpress; second state of two (Lieure)
Dimensions: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 4 3/16 in. (14.9 x 10.7 cm)
Plate: 2 7/16 x 3 1/4 in. (6.2 x 8.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957
Accession year: 1957