1938 Photogravure Piero Francesca Discovery Empress Helen True Cross Fresco XAF4 XGEA1 a French officer

a French officer

or Timber Wolf

This is an original 1920 black and white halftone print of natives of the Society Islands in French Polynesia making Copra

Charles the Terrible

1938 Photogravure Piero Francesca Discovery Empress Helen True Cross Fresco XAF4 XGEA1 a French officerThis is an original 1938 black and white photogravure of a fresco from Piero della Francesco's Legend of the True Cross mural at the San Francesco Basilica in Arezzo, Italy. Supposedly it was the Empress Helen, mother of Constantine who made the discovery after torturing the information out of an informer. CONDITION This 73+ year old Item is rated Near Mint Very Fine+. Light aging throughout. No creases. No natural defects. No surface rub. No tears.