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CLAUDE MELLAN
Abbeville 1598–1688 Paris
Portrait of Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580–1637)
Inscribed by a later hand in pen and ink, old backing board, Mellan, with a drawing of a coat-of arms
Black chalk
5¾ x 4¼ inches
145 x 110 mm
Provenance
George Usslaub (b. 1885), Marseille, his mark, on the old backing board (Lugt 1221)
Private collection, France
Drawn in 1636
THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM, LOS ANGELES
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