The Moon in its First Quarter
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Three representations of the moon
Artist: Claude Mellan
Artist bio: French, Abbeville 1598–1688 Paris
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
Date: 1635
Medium: Engraving; first state of two (BN)
Dimensions: Plate: 9 3/16 × 6 7/8 in. (23.3 × 17.5 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 1/8 in. (23.8 × 18.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
Accession year: 1960
Tags: Moon