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Portrait of Claude de Marolles
Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
about 1635-1650
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 24 × 19 cm (9 7/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Platemark: 23.5 × 18.6 cm (9 1/4 × 7 5/16 in.)
Platemark: 23.5 × 18.6 cm (9 1/4 × 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM17805
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Claude de Marolles was the father of the Abbé Michel de Marolles.
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 342, ii/ii; Le Blanc 228; Montaiglon 209
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