Saint Francis of Assisi in wilderness; kneeling in front of a crucifix. Engraving attributed to N. Bazin after C. Mellan.

  • Mellan, Claude, 1598-1688.
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Saint Francis of Assisi in wilderness; kneeling in front of a crucifix. Engraving attributed to N. Bazin after C. Mellan. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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In reverse to Mellan's engraving dated 1638: in the present print, the saint is directed towards the viewer's right

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; platemark 42 x 28.7 cm

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[State in which "Melan inven." has been almost erased from the plate in the lower left margin, and there is no other lettering].

References note

Roger-Armand Weigert, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome I, Paris 1939, p. 321, possibly a state of no. 85 (as by Nicolas Bazin: ""Le Seraphique Père St François", priant durant la nuit. Au bas, à dr. : "A Paris chez N. Bazin". H. 0m260 x L. 0m201. L'état décrit, 2 épr., Copie d'une pl. de Cl. Mellan.")

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Wellcome Collection 564027i

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