René de Longueil

Claude Mellan

Associated Names
Claude Mellan

Artist, French, 1598 - 1688

The image shows a portrait of a person in a three-quarter view facing slightly to their left. The individual has prominent facial features, including a mustache and a small goatee, with curly medium-length hair framing their face. They are dressed in an elaborate robe or coat with a thick scarf draped over their shoulders. The portrait is surrounded by a detailed oval frame with a coat of arms and a crown above it in a circular emblem below the frame. The background features fine lines, emphasizing the central figure in the oval portrait frame.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    plate: 34.3 x 23.3 cm (13 1/2 x 9 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 38.4 x 30.5 cm (15 1/8 x 12 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.164.46

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Montaiglon 1856, no. 202, State i/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. 168, state i/iii.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: C. Mellan G. del. et fecit; by later hand, lower left in graphite: M.202 only state; by later hand, lower right in graphite: c 27293; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Rene de Longueil, Marquis de Maisons / president, mort en 1677 / Montaiglon 202 (only st ate)

Wikidata ID

Q74895527

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