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Portrait of Nicolas de Verdun

Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
about 1624-1636

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 15.4 × 9.9 cm (6 1/16 × 3 7/8 in.)(trimmed or on slightly within the platemark at the top and sides; with c. 3 mm margin at the bottom)
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM17818
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné IFF 204, only state; Le Blanc 270; Montaiglon 241
Marks Verso, lower 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