Title Page: Philomathi Musae Juveniles

Attributed to Claude Mellan French
Possibly by Pierre Daret French
Dedicatee Dedicated to Pope Alexander VII Italian
1655
Not on view

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  • Title: Title Page: Philomathi Musae Juveniles
  • Artist: Attributed to Claude Mellan (French, Abbeville 1598–1688 Paris)
  • Artist: Possibly by Pierre Daret (French, Paris ca. 1604–1675 Dax)
  • Dedicatee: Dedicated to Pope Alexander VII (Italian, 1599–1667)
  • Date: 1655
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: sheet: 11 9/16 x 8 5/16 in. (29.4 x 21.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Junius S. Morgan, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.36.461
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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