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Claude Mellan was behalve schilder en tekenaar vooral graveur. Hij had een geheel eigen, virtuose techniek. Zijn omvangrijke grafische oeuvre omvat bijna 400 bladen, waarvan de helft uit portretten bestaat.
…; collection Camille Groult (1837-1908), Paris; his son, Jean Groult (1868-1951), Paris; his sale, Paris (Galerie Charpentier), 21 March 1952, no. 18, as école française, bought in at frs. 140,000, with no. 19;{Copy RMA.}…; from the dealer Jacques Seligmann, New York, fl. 3,030.99, to the museum, with support from the F.G. Waller fonds, 1959
Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum.
In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
