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The Virgin and Child Appearing to the Catholic Church
Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
about 1636-1660
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 8.6 × 11.9 cm (3 3/8 × 4 11/16 in.)(trimmed on the platemark)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM17741
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 123, only state; Le Blanc 118; Montaiglon 115
Marks
Verso, bottom 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