La Verité des Fable ou L'Histoire des Dieux de l'Antiquité
Claude Mellan
1648
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
95; 158
About this artwork
Titelpagina voor: Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, Jean. La Vérité des fables ou l'Histoire des dieux de l'antiquité. Parijs: Henri Le Gras, 1648.
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...