Portretten van Pierre de Ronsard en Cassandre Salviati in twee cartouches
Claude Mellan
1623
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
152; 194
About this artwork
Prent uit: Ronsard, Pierre de. Oeuvres. Parijs: Nicolas Buon, 1623.
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...