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Allegory of the Government of France
Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
1685 (or 1682?)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 30.9 × 39.8 cm (12 3/16 × 15 11/16 in.)
Platemark: 27.9 × 36.2 cm (11 × 14 1/4 in.)
Platemark: 27.9 × 36.2 cm (11 × 14 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM17833
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 252, iv/vi; Le Blanc 175, ii/iii; Montaiglon 266
Marks
Verso of backing sheet, center (twice), 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