MELLAN, CLAUDE (1598-1688), 'Formatur unicus una, non alter',

MELLAN, CLAUDE (1598-1688), 'Formatur unicus una, non alter', Veronica's sweatcloth with the face of Christ, copperplate/handmade paper, titled, inscribed and dated in the plate ‘MELLAN C. P. ET F.; IN AEDIBUS REG. 1649', HxW: plate approx. 44x33 cm, sheet approx. 55x38.5 cm, mat cut-out approx. 47x37 cm, outer frame dimensions approx. 67x57 cm. Traces of age, browned and stained, creases and tear to lower sheet margin (covered by mount). Framed behind glass in passepartout (sheet not mounted, frame mouldings partially slightly bumped).