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Frontispiece-Title to Robert Arnauld d'Andilly, "Les Vies des saints pères des déserts . . ."
Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
1647
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 23 × 16.7 cm (9 1/16 × 6 9/16 in.)
Platemark: 22.7 × 16.3 cm (8 15/16 × 6 7/16 in.)
Platemark: 22.7 × 16.3 cm (8 15/16 × 6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM17879
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 299, ii/ii; not in Le Blanc; Montaiglon 312
Marks
Verso, lower 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