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Claude Mellan

Death of Adonis,

Maker

  • Claude Mellan

Title

Death of Adonis

Medium

engraving

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Engraving on laid paper

Techniques

  • Engraving on laid paper

Supports

  • Light weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 21.8 x 30.6 cm (8 9/16 x 12 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Recto: lettered on plate, Ll: 'Cl. Mellan Gall'. inven[it] et sc[ulpsit]'; in LR: 'cum privilegio'.

Verso: in pencil, LR: The death of Adonis/1st St. avant le dedication; in LL: 1801/ 6232 (6232 underlined)/ now (underlined); in brown ink, UL:F. Gacoet 1826; along bottom on left in pencil: 7

Marks: R.I.S.D. Museum stamp in brown ink on verso

Identification

State

ii

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

46.351

Death of Adonis

The Brilliant Line

Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650
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Recto: lettered on plate, Ll: 'Cl. Mellan Gall'. inven[it] et sc[ulpsit]'; in LR: 'cum privilegio'.

Verso: in pencil, LR: The death of Adonis/1st St. avant le dedication; in LL: 1801/ 6232 (6232 underlined)/ now (underlined); in brown ink, UL:F. Gacoet 1826; along bottom on left in pencil: 7

Marks: R.I.S.D. Museum stamp in brown ink on verso

ii

Publications

The Brilliant Line

Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650
Read Online

Exhibition History

Visions and Revisions

February 15 - August 4, 2019

The Brilliant Line

September 18, 2009 - January 3, 2010

Prints and Drawings with a Classical Reference

December 15, 1965 - January 9, 1966
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