Alphonse Du Plessis de Richelieu, cardinal de Lyon
Medium
Engraving; second state of two
Dimensions
sheet: 8 11/16 x 5 3/4 in. (22 x 14.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.756–1318
Tags
MenPortraits
About the Artist
Claude Mellan|Alphonse Du Plessis de Richelieu · 1598–1688
Claude Mellan (1598-1688) was a French draughtsman, engraver, and painter who became one of the most innovative printmakers of the French Baroque period. Born in Abbeville to a family of coppersmiths, Mellan rose to become Peintre et Graveur Ordinaire du Roi (Painter and Engraver in Ordinary to the King), achieving recognition for his extraordinary technical mastery. Mellan's artistic significanc...