Minerva, leunend op een voetstuk
Claude Mellan
1637
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
158; 103
About this artwork
Titelpagina voor: Balzac, Guez de. Recueil de nouvelles lettres. Parijs: Jean Camusat, 1637.
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...