Claude Mellan, Nicolas Poussin, Imprimerie royale
Title Page for ‘Biblia Sacra’
1641
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Claude Mellan, Nicolas Poussin, Imprimerie royale
Title Page for ‘Biblia Sacra’
1641
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 413 x 261 mm. (16 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Image: 399 x 260 mm. (15 11/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2755
Publication References
Montaiglon, Anatole de, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Claude Mellan, Abbeville, Briez, 1856, no. 306. Le Blanc, Charles, Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, Paris: E. Bouillon, 1854-1888, no. 1.
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. 294, ill. p. 181.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: LwrC in pl.: 'BIBLIA SACRA. / Parisiis MDCXLII / E TYPOGRAPHIA REGIA.'; BL in pl.: 'N. Poussin in.'; BR in pl.: 'CMellan S.'; TLC (brown ink): '2'; TRC (brown ink): 'o[?]'. VERSO: C (graphite): '92'; LL: red Claghorn stamp; BLC (graphite): '16425' & (graphite in diamond): '5595'; BRC (graphite): 'HN11', & '6' & (black ink): 'No: [5?]1' & '2'.
Markings: none - none