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The Mousetrap, c. 1654. Engraving and drypoint in black on ivory laid paper.
Engraving and drypoint in black on ivory laid paper · Image/plate: 22.7 × 30.9 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Mousetrap
- Artist
- Claude Mellan French, 1598-1688
- Date
- c. 1654
- Medium
- Engraving and drypoint in black on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image/plate: 22.7 × 30.9 cm (8 15/16 × 12 3/16 in.); Sheet: 23.4 × 31.4 cm (9 1/4 × 12 3/8 in.)
- Credit line
- The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1598–1688
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.