Animations:

Visit
Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Only have an hour to spend?

We've got you covered.
Exhibitions & Events
Upcoming Exhibition:

Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World
Opens May 18
Art & Artists
Artle

A refreshed experience for our puzzle game
Today's puzzle

Visit
Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Only have an hour to spend?

We've got you covered.
Exhibitions & Events
Upcoming Exhibition:

Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World
Opens May 18
Art & Artists
Artle

A refreshed experience for our puzzle game
Today's puzzle

Michel de Marolles

1648

Claude Mellan

Artist, French, 1598 - 1688

Download

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.

Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

Medium

engraving on laid paper
Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Beres in memory of Lessing Rosenwald and in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

plate: 23.3 x 17.2 cm (9 3/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
page size: 29.2 x 19 cm (11 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
Accession

1991.103.1.a
Catalogue Raisonné

Montaiglon 1856, no. 210, State i/iii

Equestrian Design

Michel Lasne

1656

Claude de Marolles

Claude Mellan

1656

Michel de Marolles

Robert Nanteuil

1657

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Archibald Philip, Earl of Rosebery

Associated Names

Berès, Pierre, Monsieur

Exhibition History

1992

Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art of Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 23.

Bibliography

1856

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

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: MICHAEL DE MAROLLES / ABB. DE VILLELOIN An.AE.4.8. / CM. del. et. S 1648

Wikidata ID

Q74891110

You may be interested in