Claude Mellan, Simon Vouet
The Suicide of Lucretia
1600-1699
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Claude Mellan, Simon Vouet
The Suicide of Lucretia
1600-1699
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 432 x 280 mm. (17 x 11 in.)
Image: 389 x 276 mm. (15 5/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2757
Publication References
Montaiglon, Anatole de, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Claude Mellan, Abbeville, Briez, 1856, no. 122. Le Blanc, Charles, Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, Paris: E. Bouillon, 1854-1888, no. 173.
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (Lugt supp. 555c).
Préaud, Maxime, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des Estampes, Inventaire du fonds français: Graveurs du XVIIe siècle, tome 17: Claude Mellan, Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1988, no. 132, ill. p. 96.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: LL in pl.: 'Hoc Iatus indigno [...2 columns of 4 lines]'; BC in pl.: 'Sim. Voüet paris. pinx.'; BR in pl.: 'Cl. Mellan Gall.s Sculp. Romæ Superioru y missu'. VERSO: C (graphite): 'OF. 19-25'; LLE: red Claghorn stamp; BL (graphite, in diamond): '5603'; BRC (graphite): 'fine & Scarce'.
Markings: none - illegible