Claude de Marolles

1633

Claude Mellan

Associated Names
Claude Mellan

Artist, French, 1598 - 1688

This is a portrait engraving of a man. He is facing slightly to the viewer's right, with curly hair, a receding hairline, a beard, and a mustache. He is wearing an elaborate ruffled collar and a formal garment with a patterned design, possibly a cape. The background consists of fine horizontal lines and the image is framed by an ornate border with text at the bottom in Latin.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    plate: 23.7 x 18.3 cm (9 5/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 24.5 x 19.2 cm (9 5/8 x 7 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.164.32

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Montaiglon 1856, no. 209, 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. 342, state ii/ii.

Inscriptions

across bottom in plate: CLAVD.de MAROLLES generofus Turonenfis, Eques auratus,Regis a confiliis, / cataphractorum...cariffimorum filiorum amplexus / Chr. Cath. occubu it ann. natus LXIX. vj. id Dec. M.DC.XXXIII.; lRp//: CMellan fc.

Wikidata ID

Q74895439

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