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The Holy Family
Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
about 1636-1660
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 21 × 29.8 cm (8 1/4 × 11 3/4 in.)(trimmed on or slightly within the platemark)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM17670
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 015, ii/iii; Le Blanc 23; Montaiglon 15
Marks
Verso, left 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