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Frontispiece-Title to The Works of St. Bernard (St. Bernard Praying)

Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
After: Jacques Stella (French, 1596–1657)
1640

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 36.2 × 23.5 cm (14 1/4 × 9 1/4 in.)(with thread margins all around)
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM17860
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné IFF 317, ii/ii; Le Blanc 51, ii/ii; Montaiglon 300
Marks Verso, upper 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