Nicolas Coeffeteau

Claude Mellan after Daniel Dumonstier

Associated Names
Claude Mellan

Artist, French, 1598 - 1688

Daniel Dumonstier

Artist After, French, 1574 - 1646

The image depicts a man's upper body with distinct facial features, deep-set eyes, a prominent brow, and a long beard. He is wearing a large angular hat and a robe-like garment with a high collar and visible buttons. The background is plain with subtle diagonal lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 29.1 x 20.9 cm (11 7/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.164.33

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Montaiglon 1856, no. 178, State only

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. 322, state only.

Inscriptions

center left in plate: D Du Monstier / pinxit / Cl. Mellan Scu; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: N. Caeffeteau / M 178 / Le Bl. 200

Wikidata ID

Q74895442

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