Pierre Seguier

1639

Claude Mellan

Associated Names
Claude Mellan

Artist, French, 1598 - 1688

The image depicts an engraved portrait of a man seated in a forward position. He has a pointed chin beard, mustache, curly dark hair, wears a dark robe with a large, white collar, and is set against a background with a fleur-de-lis pattern. Inscribed text at the bottom of the image reads "PETRVS SEGVIER FRANCIAE CANCELLARIVS."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 31 x 23 cm (12 3/16 x 9 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.164.40

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Montaiglon 1856, no. 231, State ii/vi

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. 195, state ii/vi.

Inscriptions

across bottom in plate: PETRVS SEGVIER FRANCIAE / CANCELLARIVS; lower right in plate: Cl. Mellan Gall.' del. et sculp. / 1639

Wikidata ID

Q74895492

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