Personificatie van het Geloof (Fides)
Claude Mellan
1642
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
306; 217
About this artwork
plaatrand: hoogte 306 mm x breedte 217 mm
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...