Girolamo Frescobaldi

1619

Claude Mellan

Associated Names
Claude Mellan

Artist, French, 1598 - 1688

The image shows a portrait of a man from the shoulders up. His face is bearded and mustached, with wavy hair swept back. The man is facing slightly to the right with a calm expression, wearing a dark garment with a high white collar. The oval frame surrounds him, with text around it, set against a background of intricate line patterns.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 13.1 x 9.9 cm (5 3/16 x 3 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.164.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Montaiglon 1856, no. 188, State i/iii

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. 157, state i/iii.

Inscriptions

across bottom in plate: Cl. Mellan Gall.' delin. et Sculp.; in oval, around circumference in plate: HIERONYMVS FRESCOBALDVS FERRARIENSIS ORGANISTA BASILICAE S. PETRI IN VRBE ROMA AETATIS SV AE 36.

Wikidata ID

Q74895250

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