Anne of Austria with the Young Louis XIV and Monsieur before the Virgin and Child (Anne d'Autriche déposant le régence du royaume de France entre les mains de la Vierge Marie)

Anne of Austria with the Young Louis XIV and Monsieur before the Virgin and Child (Anne d'Autriche déposant le régence du royaume de France entre les mains de la Vierge Marie) by Claude Mellan

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 17 3/8 x 11 5/16 in. (44.2 x 28.8 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953

Accession Number

53.601.313

Tags

Louis XIVQueensMadonna and Child

About the Artist

Claude Mellan · 15981688

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...

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