Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc

in or after 1637

after Claude Mellan

Associated Names
French 17th Century

Artist

Claude Mellan

Artist After, French, 1598 - 1688

This is a detailed sketch of the upper body and head of a man. The man is positioned slightly turned to his left and has a thick beard and tousled hair. His facial features include deep-set eyes and a furrowed brow. He is wearing a skullcap and a loose-fitting garment with visible folds and textures. The background features horizontal lines. No jewelry or objects are visible in the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.8 x 14.8 cm (7 13/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 26 x 19.5 cm (10 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.164.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Montaiglon 1856, no. 223, State i/iv (later copy)

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. 185 (later copy).

Inscriptions

by later hand, across bottom in brown ink: copie d'amateur du portrait de Nicolas-Claud[?] Fabricius de Peiresc par Mellan

Wikidata ID

Q74895247

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