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Claude Mellan

Fame Bearing a Shield with the Initial of Louis XIV (La Renommée volant)

Engraving; fourth state of four
19.6 × 26 cm (7.7 × 10.2 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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