Frontispiece and Title Page to Nicolas Talon, "L'Histoire sainte des roys" (David Mourning the Death of Saul)

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Frontispiece and Title Page to Nicolas Talon, "L'Histoire sainte des roys" (David Mourning the Death of Saul)

Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)

French

1645

Medium/Technique Engraving

Dimensions Sheet: 19.9 × 13.9 cm (7 13/16 × 5 1/2 in.)(trimmed on or slightly within the platemark at the top and sides; lacking c. 7 mm at the bottom)

Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection

Accession NumberM17876

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné IFF 350, i/iv; not in Le Blanc; Montaiglon 310

Marks Verso, lower right, 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