Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 417 x 265 mm. (41.7 x 26.5 cm.)
Image: 397 x 262 mm. (39.7 x 26.2 cm.)
Portfolio/Series
Biblia Sacra, Paris: Imprimerie royale, 1642, 8 vol., in-fol.
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2756
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (Lugt supp. 555c); Thomas Thane, London (Lugt 811).
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.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: VERSO: UC, upside down (black ink): '17 May Enaht 1819' (mark of Thomas Thane, Lugt 811); LL (graphite): 'S / 2 No Claude Mellan / Proof'; BL: red Claghorn stamp, & (graphite): 'before Inscription Biblia Sacra / Parisiis 1642'; & below: '13.50'; BLC (graphite): 'N Poussin Pinx. & (graphite, in diamond): '5611'; BRC (graphite): 'CMellan sc / Proof 2.18'.
Markings: none - coat of arms?
