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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G2652
People
Claude Mellan, French (Abbeville 1598 - 1688 Paris)
Title
Dead Body of Christ Extended on the Tomb
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Deploration du Christ mort
Former Title: Christ's Body Prepared for Burial
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1683
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/278669

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 44 x 32.5 cm (17 5/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
sheet: 45.9 x 34.2 cm (18 1/16 x 13 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

Standard Reference Number
Nagler 54; Préaud 28; de Montaiglon 32

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G2652
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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