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Print, Hercules and Atlas

This is a Print. It was print maker: Claude Mellan. It is dated ca. 1630. Its medium is engraving on white mulberry paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of George Campbell Cooper. It is credited Bequest of George Campbell Cooper.

Its dimensions are

24 × 34 cm (9 7/16 × 13 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: shield with a horn, below "F.+D." (unrecorded)

It is signed

Signed in plate, center, lower margin: "C. Mellan G. in. et s."

Cite this object as

Print, Hercules and Atlas; Print Maker: Claude Mellan (French, 1598 - 1688); France; engraving on white mulberry paper; 24 × 34 cm (9 7/16 × 13 3/8 in.); Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-141

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