Saint Alexis

1649

Claude Mellan

Associated Names
Claude Mellan

Artist, French, 1598 - 1688

The image shows a male figure lying on his back on the ground near a staircase. He is wearing a robe with a cross on the chest and appears to be holding an object. The scene includes an architectural setting with stone walls, stairs, two figures conversing in the background, and another figure observing from the top of the stairs. The sun is shining, casting light on the stone structure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1974.116.13

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Montaiglon 1856, no. 49

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1856

  • Montaiglon, Anatole de. Catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre de Claude Mellan d'Abbeville. Abbeville: P.Briex, 1856.

1988

  • Préaud, Maxime. Inventaire du fonds français: Graveurs du XVIIe siècle, vol. 17 (Claude Mellan). Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1988, no. 55, state ii/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65567038

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