Abel Servien

in or after 1659

Claude Mellan

Associated Names
Claude Mellan

Artist, French, 1598 - 1688

The image depicts a man in profile facing left. He has a long mustache, a goatee, a prominent nose, and is slightly smiling. His curly shoulder-length hair falls in defined waves. He is dressed formally with a high collar, a robe or cloak, an ornate brooch, and a diagonal sash. In the background, there is a decorative border resembling draped cloth. The image is titled at the bottom with an inscription of the man's titles or achievements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    plate: 23.2 x 18.7 cm (9 1/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 26.6 x 21.4 cm (10 1/2 x 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.164.30

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Montaiglon 1856, no. 232, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

illegible

Associated Names

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. 196, state ii/ii.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: C.Mellan f.; across bottom in plate: Illustrissimus Dominus Abel de Seruien Marchio de Sable...Administer, et summus Aerary Proefectus.

Wikidata ID

Q74895427

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