Claude de Lingendes

1661

Claude Mellan

Associated Names
Claude Mellan

Artist, French, 1598 - 1688

The image is a portrait depicting the upper body of a man. He is slightly turned to his left, facing the viewer. The man has curly, shoulder-length hair and a meticulously styled mustache and goatee. He is dressed in formal attire with a lace collar, a military-style jacket or armor, adorned with buttons, and a prominent medal or insignia on the chest. The background is a simple, oval frame with no additional elements, set against a lined pattern background. Below the image is an inscription identifying the man as Henry, Duke of Montmorency, along with the name Mellan F.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.2 x 15.2 cm (8 3/4 x 6 in.)
    sheet: 24 x 16.5 cm (9 7/16 x 6 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.164.20

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Montaiglon 1856, no. 201, State only

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. 165, state only.

Inscriptions

across bottom in plate: R.P.CL.DELINGENDES SOC IESV / Aet. An. 52 an 1642 del et an 1661 Scul CMellan; by later hands, center verso: d.-52 / Montaiglon 201 / c.27293

Wikidata ID

Q74895365

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