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The Annunciation
Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
1666
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 39.6 × 47.6 cm (15 9/16 × 18 3/4 in.)(trimmed on or slightly within the platemark)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM17668
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 008, ii/ii; Le Blanc 16, ii/ii; Montaiglon 8
Marks
Verso, right 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