Menandre en Lerice met hun dochter Silvanire vinden op weg naar de tempel Agalante uitgeput in de armen van Hylas
Claude Mellan
1608 - 1688
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
117; 170
About this artwork
gravure; tekst in boekdruk op verso
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...