Urban VIII

1624

Claude Mellan after Simon Vouet

Associated Names
Claude Mellan

Artist, French, 1598 - 1688

Simon Vouet

Artist After, French, 1590 - 1649

The image shows a portrait of a person seated and facing slightly left, with a beard and mustache. The person wears a cap and a detailed robe with buttons and decorative trim. The background has a textured pattern. Below the portrait is a decorative panel with text "VRBANVS VIII BARBERINVS MAXIMVS," a coat of arms, and inscriptions.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 26.5 x 17.3 cm (10 7/16 x 6 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.164.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Montaiglon 1856, no. 237, State ii/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. 201, state i/ii.

Inscriptions

across bottom in plate: VRBANVS VIII BARBERINVS / PONTIFEX MAXIMVS / Anno aetatis Suce. 56. / SV. pi. Cl. Mellan Gall'. Sculp. Romae Superiorum permissu. 1624.

Wikidata ID

Q74895255

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