Artist
Claude MellanFrench, 1598–1688
CultureFrench
Titles
- Face of Christ on Saint Veronica's Cloth
Date1649
MediumEngraving on laid paper
DimensionsPlate or block: 16 7/8 × 12 3/8 in. (42.9 × 31.5 cm)
Sheet (irregular): 16 15/16 × 12 1/2 in. (43.1 × 31.8 cm)
Sheet (irregular): 16 15/16 × 12 1/2 in. (43.1 × 31.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Leslie and Jack S. Blanton, Jr. at Art + Paper 2018
Object number2018.134
Not on view
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Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
Exhibition History"Veils," Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, October 6–November 24, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Printed in ink, in plate, bottom center: FORMATVR VNICVS VNA
Recto: Printed in ink, in plate, bottom center: NON ALTER
Recto: Printed in ink, in plate, bottom left: C MELLAN G. P. ET F. IN AEDIBVS
REG.
Recto: Printed in ink, in plate, bottom left: 1649
Verso: bottom edge right, in graphite: MG-88-51-HEE
Recto: Printed in ink, in plate, bottom center: NON ALTER
Recto: Printed in ink, in plate, bottom left: C MELLAN G. P. ET F. IN AEDIBVS
REG.
Recto: Printed in ink, in plate, bottom left: 1649
Verso: bottom edge right, in graphite: MG-88-51-HEE
At center: letters (unidentified). 18th c. paper with letters watermark.
Catalogue raisonnéMontaiglon 374.25 ii/ii; BN XVII.47.21 ii/ii; an eighteenth century impression. The plate was printed well into the 20th century.
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