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Fifty-two Heads Showing by Astronomical Rules what Adventures may Happen in the Course of Human Life, Plate 5

Unidentified artist, French, 17th century
Formerly attributed to: Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
1620

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 22.1 × 16.6 cm (8 11/16 × 6 9/16 in.)
Platemark: 21.7 × 16.1 cm (8 9/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM17908.5
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Le Blanc (Mellan) 160
Marks Verso, 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