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Bust of a Roman Woman
Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
about 1669-1672
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 40 × 28.7 cm (15 3/4 × 11 5/16 in.)(trimmed on the platemark, or with thread margins)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM17785
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 248, i/iii; not in Le Blanc; Montaiglon 164
Marks
Verso of backing sheet, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Croft Bequest (Lugt 469)
ProvenanceThe Gardner Brewer Collection; Mrs. Arthur Croft (Caroline A. Brewer)(died 1898); her bequest to the MFA January 1, 1902