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Statue of Venus Arranging Her Hair
Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
1631
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 36.8 × 22.7 cm (14 1/2 × 8 15/16 in.)(with thread margin at the right; trimmed within the platemark on the other three sides)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM17756
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 217, indeterminate state (impression trimmed within the platemark); not in Le Blanc; Montaiglon 133
Marks
Verso of backing sheet, upper 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