Knielende H. Bruno, biddend in een grot, Claude Mellan, 1620

Title(s)

Knielende H. Bruno, biddend in een grot

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-69.842

Catalogue reference

• IFF 17e siècle 66

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240
• dedication: ‘Patribus Religiosis Cartusiae/ Parisiensis dedicabat’

Artist

• print maker: Claude Mellan (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Claude Mellan (mentioned on object)
• Claude Mellan (mentioned on object)

Dating

1620

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 208 mm × width 141 mm

What

• the founder of the Order of the Carthusians, Bruno; possible attributes: cross, finger at lips, lily, mitre at his feet, olive-branch, ray of light, skull, (seven) star(s)

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du XVIIe siècle, dl. 17, p. 62-63, cat.nr. 66
• Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Claude Mellan d'Abbeville, Anatole de Montaiglon, Mariette, p. 386, cat.nr. 59