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A Basket of Fruit with Two Sphinxes
Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
about 1636-1660
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 6.2 × 16.8 cm (2 7/16 × 6 5/8 in.)
Platemark: 6 × 16.7 cm (2 3/8 × 6 9/16 in.)
Platemark: 6 × 16.7 cm (2 3/8 × 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM17902
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 386, only state; not in Le Blanc; Montaiglon, Addenda, p. 258, no. 1
Marks
Verso, 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