Henri de Savoie, Duc de Nemours

Claude Mellan

Associated Names
Claude Mellan

Artist, French, 1598 - 1688

The image is a portrait engraving showing the upper body of a young person facing left. Their facial features display a rounded face with medium-length, wavy hair. They wear a garment with a large, white, pointed collar over a dark fabric with intricate details. A cross-shaped adornment is on the chest. The background is plain, and the portrait is framed in an oval. Below the frame, there is an emblem with a monogram and a crown against a linear background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 35 x 22.4 cm (13 3/4 x 8 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.164.50

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Montaiglon 1856, no. 230, 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. 182, state i/iii.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: C. Mellan G. del. et S.; lower center in plate: HDS

Wikidata ID

Q74895550

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