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Frontispiece to The New Testament (An Angel Writing on a Pyramid)
Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
1642
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 36.7 × 25.6 cm (14 7/16 × 10 1/16 in.)
Platemark: 36 × 24.8 cm (14 3/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 36 × 24.8 cm (14 3/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM17872
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 295, i/iv; not in Le Blanc; Montaiglon 307
Marks
Verso of backing sheet, 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