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Cardinal de Bouillon

1673

Claude Mellan

Associated Names

Claude Mellan

Artist, French, 1598 - 1688

The image is an engraving of a bust of a man from the chest upwards. The man is facing slightly to the right with a neutral expression. He has medium-length wavy hair, prominent eyes, and is dressed in formal attire with a large, collared garment and an ornate medal hanging from his neck. A coat of arms is engraved on the pedestal of the bust. The background is plain with no additional elements, focusing solely on the figure.

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Artwork overview

Medium

engraving on heavy laid paper
Credit Line

Gift of John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook
Dimensions

sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 29.7 x 19.9 cm (11 11/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
Accession Number

1988.20.23
Catalogue Raisonné

Montaiglon 1856, no. 173, State ii

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. 145, state only.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: C. Mellan del.et scul. 1673; stamped, lower center verso: Bouillon

Watermarks

undeciphered

Wikidata ID

Q74877919

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