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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G2665
People
Claude Mellan, French (Abbeville 1598 - 1688 Paris)
After Nicolas Poussin, French (Les Andelys, France 1594 - 1665 Rome, Italy)
Title
Apollo Crowning Virgil
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Virgile
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1641
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/278131

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
cut to image: 35.2 x 21.5 cm (13 7/8 x 8 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
Préaud 358; de Montaiglon 303

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G2665
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • Calming the Tempest with Peter Paul Rubens, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/22/2001 - 03/17/2002
  • 32Q: 2400 French/Italian/Spanish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/15/2015 - 11/13/2015

Verification Level

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