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Title

Minerva guiding the young dauphin

1640

Artist

Claude Mellan

France

1598 – 1688

  • Details

    Alternative title
    Minerve, tenant par la main le futur Louis XIV
    Date
    1640
    Media category
    Print
    Materials used
    engraving
    Dimensions
    20.7 x 14.4 cm platemark; 22.0 x 15.5 cm sheet
    Signature & date

    Signed and dated l.r., [incised plate] "C.Mellan.../... 1640".

    Credit
    Purchased 1988
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    241.1988
    Copyright

    Reproduction requests

    Artist information
    Claude Mellan

    Works in the collection

    9

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  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 2 exhibitions

    • Piety and Paganism, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Jul 1991–29 Sep 1991

    • Le Grand Siècle, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 Jun 1997–17 Jul 1997

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 2 publications

Other works by Claude Mellan

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