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St. Bernard Giving a Rulebook to Young Monks
Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
about 1636-1660
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 25 × 34.3 cm (9 13/16 × 13 1/2 in.)
Platemark: 24.6 × 34 cm (9 11/16 × 13 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 24.6 × 34 cm (9 11/16 × 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM17691
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 062, only state; Le Blanc 56 (as St. Bruno); Montaiglon 57
Marks
Verso, lower 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