Death of Adonis | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R1398
People: Claude Mellan, French (Abbeville 1598 - 1688 Paris)
Title: Death of Adonis
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Venus
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 17th century
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/240694

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: JWR: 1st state with dedication
2nd Ded almost effaced
3rd Ded suppresed [? supressed with 1st s long?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: iii/iii
Standard Reference Number: Préaud 129; de Montaiglon 119

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R1398
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Emily J. Peters, ed., The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650, exh. cat., Rhode Island School of Design Museum (Providence, RI, 2009), cat. no. 73, repr. as figs. 30, 31, 33 on pp. 40-41 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography]

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R1398: Death of Adonis