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Statue of Venus
Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
1631
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 36.7 × 23.2 cm (14 7/16 × 9 1/8 in.)(with 2 mm margin at the bottom, thread margin at the right, and trimmed within the platemark on the other two sides)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM17757
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 218, i/ii; not in Le Blanc; Montaiglon 134
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