Apollo Crowning Virgil | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G2665
People: Claude Mellan, French (Abbeville 1598 - 1688 Paris)
After Nicolas Poussin, French (Les Andelys, France 1594 - 1665 Rome, Italy)
Title: Apollo Crowning Virgil
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Virgile
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1641
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/278131

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Engraving on off-white antique laid paper
Technique: Engraving
Dimensions: cut to image: 35.2 x 21.5 cm (13 7/8 x 8 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: i/ii
Standard Reference Number: Préaud 358; de Montaiglon 303

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number: G2665
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Calming the Tempest with Peter Paul Rubens, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/22/2001 - 03/17/2002
32Q: 2400 French/Italian/Spanish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/15/2015 - 11/13/2015

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G2665: Apollo Crowning Virgil