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Frontispiece to François de Grenaille, L'Honneste fille (1639)

Unidentified artist, French, 17th century
Copied after: Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
1639

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 18.4 × 13.4 cm (7 1/4 × 5 1/4 in.)
Platemark: 18.3 × 13.2 cm (7 3/16 × 5 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM17856
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné IFF 315 (copy in reverse, with different inscription); Montaiglon 297 (copy in reverse, with different inscription)
Marks Verso, bottom left, 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