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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R1464
People
Claude Mellan, French (Abbeville 1598 - 1688 Paris)
Title
Saint John the Baptist
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Saint Jean-Baptiste dans le desert
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1629
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/240721

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: JWR[very faint]: Masterpiece (John Baptist) [two unradable words] see Nagler [?] R 4.00

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
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
Préaud 84; de Montaiglon 80

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R1464
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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