Ancient Statue of the Muse Thalia
Claude Mellan
1669
Medium
Engraving; second state of two (BN)
Dimensions
sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 1/8 in. (40 x 28.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift, Louis R. Metcalfe, 1928
Accession Number
28.57.86
Tags
SculptureMasksMuses
About the Artist
Claude Mellan · 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...