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Frontispiece and Title Page to Nicolas Talon, "L'Histoire sainte des roys" (David Mourning the Death of Saul)
Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
French
1645
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 19.9 × 13.9 cm (7 13/16 × 5 1/2 in.)(trimmed on or slightly within the platemark at the top and sides; lacking c. 7 mm at the bottom)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM17876
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 350, i/iv; not in Le Blanc; Montaiglon 310
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