Obelisk met engel en inscriptie, Claude Mellan (attributed to), after Claude Mellan, 1642

Title(s)

Obelisk met engel en inscriptie

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-71.159

Catalogue reference

• IFF 17e siècle 295-2(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• printmaker: Claude Mellan (attributed to)
• after design by: Claude Mellan (mentioned on object)

Dating

1642

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 359 mm × width 249 mm

What

• needle, obelisk (marking grave)
• angels
• cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Inventaire du fonds français, dl. 17, p., cat.nr. 295
• Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Claude Mellan d'Abbeville, Anatole de Montaiglon, p. 519, cat.nr. 307