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David Strangling the Lion

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David Strangling the Lion

Claude Mellan | Gian Lorenzo Bernini

1631

Medium

Engraving

Tags

Dimensions

sheet: 8 7/16 x 5 3/4 in. (21.5 x 14.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1941

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Claude Mellan

1598–1688 • France

Claude Mellan (1598–1688) was a French engraver, draughtsman, and painter who became one of the most innovative printmakers of the French Baroque period. Born in Abbeville to a customs official, he served as Peintre et Graveur Ordinaire du Roi (Painter and Engraver in Ordinary to the King) and revolutionized engraving technique through his mastery of the single-line method.

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