Louis XIV

1667

Claude Mellan

Associated Names
Claude Mellan

Artist, French, 1598 - 1688

The image shows an individual seated on a platform holding an open book titled "CODE LOUIS XIV" and "Premiere Partie." They have curly hair and are dressed in a robe with fleur-de-lis patterns. The person is holding a pair of scales and there is a sculpted lion nearby with the words "IVSTITIAE INICIO DEBO" inscribed on a pedestal. In the background are vertical drapes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 20.1 x 13.4 cm (7 15/16 x 5 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.164.48

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Montaiglon 1856, no. 330, State iii/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. 377, state iii/iii.

Inscriptions

center right in plate: CODE / LOVIS / XIV Premiere / Partie; lower right in plate: IVSTITIAS IVDICABO / Ps. 74, 3. / 1667 C. Mellan in. et fe.

Wikidata ID

Q74895543

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