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The Young Christ
Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
about 1643
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 43.6 × 28.8 cm (17 3/16 × 11 5/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM17674
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 016, only state; Le Blanc 19; Montaiglon 18
Marks
Verso of backing sheet, upper center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Croft Bequest (Lugt 469)
ProvenanceThe Gardner Brewer Collection [Gardner Brewer (b. 1806-d. 1874), Boston]; Mrs. Arthur Croft [Caroline A. Brewer] (d. 1898); 1898, her bequest to the MFA (Accession Date: January 1, 1902)