Drie putti met kardinaalshoed en band, Claude Mellan, 1639 - 1643

Title(s)

Drie putti met kardinaalshoed en band

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-71.250

Catalogue reference

• IFF 17e siècle 382

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Claude Mellan
• printer: Imprimerie Royale (possibly)

Place

print maker: France
printer: Paris

Dating

1639 - 1643

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 55 mm × width 127 mm

What

• cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
• insignia of cardinal, e.g. hat, mantle

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du XVIIe siècle, dl. 17, p. 215, cat.nr. 382
• Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Claude Mellan d'Abbeville, Anatole de Montaiglon, Mariette, p. 535, cat.nr. 347