Raffaello Menicucci

Claude Mellan

Associated Names
Claude Mellan

Artist, French, 1598 - 1688

Michel Odieuvre

Publisher, French, 1687 - 1756

The image is an engraving of a man with a prominent and high forehead, rounded eyebrows, a mustache, short curly hair, wearing a shirt with a ruffled collar and a garment with a textured, striped pattern. The background consists of horizontal lines. The inscription below the portrait reads, "RAPHAEL MENICUCIVS," with additional text about the artist and location.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.8 x 10.3 cm (5 13/16 x 4 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 24.7 x 15.8 cm (9 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.164.25

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Montaiglon 1856, no. 213, State ii/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. 173, state ii/iii.

Inscriptions

below image, lower left in plate: Romae Sup pm.; below image, lower right in plate: Cl: Mellan Gall. del. et Sculp; across bottom in plate: RAPHAEL MENICVCIVS / Celeberrimus in vtroq orbe terraru m / AParis chez Odieuvre, Md. d'Estampes Quay de l'Ecole vis-a-vis le cote dela Samarite. a la belle Image

Wikidata ID

Q74895379

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