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The Death of Adonis
Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
about 1624-1636
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 22.5 × 31.1 cm (8 7/8 × 12 1/4 in.)
Platemark: 22.2 × 30.9 cm (8 3/4 × 12 3/16 in.)
Platemark: 22.2 × 30.9 cm (8 3/4 × 12 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM17745
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 129, iv/iv; Le Blanc 149, ii/iii; Montaiglon 119
Marks
Verso, lower right, 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