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The Moon in Her Chariot

Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
After: Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) (Italian (Roman), 1596–1669)
1633

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 20.6 × 14.8 cm (8 1/8 × 5 13/16 in.)(trimmed on the platemark)
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM17744
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné IFF 329, only state; Le Blanc 146; Montaiglon 118
Marks Verso, lower left-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