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Portrait of Virginia da Vezzo
Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
1626
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 11.6 × 7.9 cm (4 9/16 × 3 1/8 in.)(trimmed on the platemark)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP4587
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Virginia da Vezzo was the wife of Simon Vouet.
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 205, i/iii; Le Blanc 271; Montaiglon 257
Marks
Verso, lower right, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897