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The Christ Child Lying in a Cradle
Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
1662
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 44.5 × 29.7 cm (17 1/2 × 11 11/16 in.)
Platemark: 43.8 × 29 cm (17 1/4 × 11 7/16 in.)
Platemark: 43.8 × 29 cm (17 1/4 × 11 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM17671
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 009, an intermediate state between i/iii and ii/iii, with the name of Mellan, but before the cross at the right side of the plate; Le Blanc 17, i/ii; Montaiglon 16
Marks
Verso of backing sheet, upper center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 469)
ProvenanceThe Gardner Brewer Collection; Mrs. Arthur Croft (Caroline A. Brewer)(died 1898); her bequest to the MFA January 1, 1902