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Allegory of Charity
about 1636-1660
Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 255, i/ii; Le Blanc 132, ii/ii [sic]; Montaiglon 276
Dimensions
Sheet: 30.2 × 44.9 cm (11 7/8 × 17 11/16 in.) Platemark: 29.3 × 44.4 cm (11 9/16 × 17 1/2 in.)
Accession Number
M17843
Medium or Technique
Engraving
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Markings
Verso of backing sheet, upper center (twice), stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Croft Bequest (Lugt 469)
Provenance
The Gardner Brewer Collection; Mrs. Arthur Croft (Caroline A. Brewer)(died 1898); her bequest to the MFA January 1, 1902
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection