Caspar
Matthäus Merian I
(German, 1593–1650)
Jacques Bellange
(French (Lorraine), about 1575–1616)
Jacob van der Heyden
(Netherlandish, worked Germany, 1573–1645)
about 1615 or after
Medium/TechniqueEtching
DimensionsSheet: 28.9 x 18.7 cm (11 3/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 28.7 x 18.5 cm (11 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Platemark: 28.7 x 18.5 cm (11 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of William H. Schab Gallery
Accession number40.224
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This print bears an inscription that it is a portrait of Melchior, King of Nubia. Robert-Dumesnil also identified the Bellange print of which this a reverse copy as Melchior. However, Walch and subsequent scholars consider the subject to be Caspar.
ProvenanceWilliam H. Schab Master Prints and Drawings, Inc., New York; their gift to the MFA May 9, 1940
Matthäus Merian I
Matthäus Merian I