Robed woman standing next to a plinth, her right hand bears a palm branch, a harp rests against the plinth
Claude Mellan
ca. 1620–88
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 4 13/16 x 2 3/4 in. (12.2 x 7 cm) plate: 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (11.4 x 6.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.229
Tags
WomenPalms
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...