Philippe Thibaud

1638

Claude Mellan

Associated Names
Claude Mellan

Artist, French, 1598 - 1688

The image is an engraved portrait depicting the head and upper torso of an elderly man. He is facing forward and slightly to his right, with a formal and composed posture within an oval frame. The man has prominent facial features, deep-set eyes, a slightly downturned mouth, and minimal hair. He wears a hooded cloak that covers his head and bunches around his shoulders. The background of the engraving features decorative borders, fine lines for texture, and cursive inscription above and below the portrait.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 15.6 x 10.7 cm (6 1/8 x 4 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.164.31

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Montaiglon 1856, no. 234, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Charles M. Petitjean (Lugt 608)

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. 198, state i/ii.

Inscriptions

across top in plate: R. adm. P. Philippus Theobaldus, / vere' alter Elias, codem accensus / zelo, laboribus vix impar.; across bottom in plate: Quod in Syria ille instituit: in Gal lia / hic restituit. Eliae folo exista diffimilis; / nam is viuit mortalis Philippus jm= / mortalis a b Ann 1638 aetat. 63. / CM; by later hands, cCv//in graphite: 41109 / Car; lRv//in graphite: L(Carme) / 6296

Wikidata ID

Q74895435

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