Jean Perrault

1652

Claude Mellan

Associated Names
Claude Mellan

Artist, French, 1598 - 1688

The image depicts a man from the waist up, facing slightly to the right with a calm expression. He has wavy hair falling to his neck and facial hair including a mustache and a small beard. He is wearing a dark long-sleeved robe with a decorative collar. The background is textured and frames the central oval portrait, which includes an ornate crest with a coat of arms below it.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1974.116.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Montaiglon 1856, no. 222

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. 187, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q65567025

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