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Artist/Maker
Claude Mellan
(French, 1598 - 1688)
Engraver
Claude Mellan
(French, 1598 - 1688)
Date17th century
MediumEngraving
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 14 5/8 × 9 3/8 in. (37.1 × 23.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchase
Object number1994.5
Not on view
DescriptionSecond state
Collections
Additional Details
Provenance
1994: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by purchase from Robert Dance, Inc., New York;
1916: sold at auction, American Art Association, New York, within the collection of Elizabeth M. Levy;
unknown dates: collection of Emanuel Levy, New York.
1916: sold at auction, American Art Association, New York, within the collection of Elizabeth M. Levy;
unknown dates: collection of Emanuel Levy, New York.
Markings
Collector's stamp on back at middle center: <E.L.>
Published References
Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Friends of Art Newsletter, August 1995, Acquisitions 1994
Signature
Signed in plate on base of sculpture: Cl. Mellan Gall'. del et Sculp.
Inscribed
Inscribed in plate at lower right: 13; in pencil verso lower left: 82949 M.P.135 No 128; verso lower center in pencil: Ade M 128; verso lower right in pencil: hfar [illegible]; verso lower right in pencil: 128
Craig Zammiello
Date: 2018
Medium: Photogravure, direct gravure, spit-bite, screenprint, collage on digital chine collé
Object number: 2024.11.2
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1895
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: 1994.113
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 7, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.259
Michael Rakowitz
Date: 2020
Medium: Middle Eastern food packaging, Arabic-language U.S. newspapers, and glue, with accompanying didactic information
Object number: 2021.5.5
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 5 , 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.47
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Date: 1752-56
Medium: Etching
Object number: 1986.5
L. Stobwasser
Date: c. 1820-1840
Medium: Aquatint with hand coloring
Object number: 1973.8
Konrad Eberhard
Date: April 6, 1828
Medium: Etching
Object number: 1983.37
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.574