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Portrait of the Young Louis XIV
Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
about 1644-1646
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 27 × 20.9 cm (10 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)(trimmed in an oval, just outside the third oval borderline)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM17803
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 166, only state; Le Blanc 210; Montaiglon 207
Marks
Verso of backing sheet, 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