Armand-Jean du Plessis hertog van Richelieu presenteert een boek aan Maria met Kind
Claude Mellan
c. 1646
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
158; 215
About this artwork
Tegendruk van een titelpagina voor: Richelieu, Armand-Jean du Plessis hertog van. Traité de la perfection du chrétien. Parijs: Antoine Vitré, s.d.
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...