Claude Mellan (1598-1688)
Allegory on Charity (?). Burin. 445x290, Préaud 255. Very fine proof on laid paper (watermark: letters B G on either side of a heart), the arms erased but still visible. Soft oblique folds in the upper left-hand corner. Small thinning at head on verso. Good margins. Joint: frontispiece for Saint François de Sales, Introduction à la vie dévote, Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1641. Burin (after Poussin or Stella?). 206x316. Préaud 330. Fine proof on laid paper, trimmed to the subject, pasted by the corners on laid paper. A few spots of rust, one of which is more pronounced under the angel's bent knee.
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