Mercurius met wereldkaarten, Claude Mellan (attributed to), 1649

Title(s)

Mercurius met wereldkaarten
Titelpagina voor: Parallela Geographiae Veteris et Novae

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-71.305

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240
• signature: ‘C Mellan restorant[...]’

Artist

• printmaker: Claude Mellan (attributed to)
• publisher: Gabriel Cramoisy (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Sébastien Cramoisy (mentioned on object)

Place

printmaker: France
publisher: Paris
publisher: Paris

Dating

1649

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 234 mm × width 165 mm

What

• (story of) Mercury (Hermes)
• maps, atlases

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain