Harvard Art Museums > R1398: Death of Adonis Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Death of Adonis (Claude Mellan) , R1398,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/240694. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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] Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
