A Young Nun

Claude Mellan

Artist, French, 1598 - 1688

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite and black and red chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 21 x 15.1 cm (8 1/4 x 5 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2006.45.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C. G. Boerner, New York). (sale, Christie's New York, 24 January 2006, no. 37, as Florentine School, 18th century, via C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 2006 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 42.

Watermarks

rearing horse

Wikidata ID

Q64540141


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