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The Moon in its First Quarter
Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
1636
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 23.5 × 17.7 cm (9 1/4 × 6 15/16 in.)
Platemark: 23.3 × 17.5 cm (9 3/16 × 6 7/8 in.)
Platemark: 23.3 × 17.5 cm (9 3/16 × 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP4596
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 285, i/ii; Montaiglon 378
Marks
Verso, bottom left-center, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
InscriptionsBelow: Cl. Mellan Gal. ping. et sculp. / Phasis Aquis sextiis An. 1635. Octob. 7. a claro adhuc crepusculo in occasu [m] usque.
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816-d. 1896; cf. Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall; 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see Note 1]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)