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Bust of a Roman Senator
Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
1670
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 40.5 × 29.2 cm (15 15/16 × 11 1/2 in.)(trimmed within the platemark at the bottom; with thread margins on the other three sides)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM17784
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 246, i/ii; not in Le Blanc; Montaiglon 162
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