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Frontispiece-Title to Tristan L'Hermite, "Les Amours de Tristan"
Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
1638
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 17.5 × 15 cm (6 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark at the top and bottom; with c. 3 mm margins at the sides)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB2672
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 352, ii/iii; not in Le Blanc; Montaiglon 327
Marks
Verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA June 12, 1900