Assumption of Saint Paul | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R1458
People: Claude Mellan, French (Abbeville 1598 - 1688 Paris)
Title: Assumption of Saint Paul
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Saint Paul ravi au ciel
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1674
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/240799

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: JWR[very faint]: Assumption of St Paul [unreadable words] see le Blanc no 82 of Mellan
[?] [unreadable words] proofs are before[unreadable words]
puti [unreadable words] Vouet [remaining inscription unreadable]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: ii/ii
Standard Reference Number: Préaud 95; de Montaiglon 88

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R1458
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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