St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness
1629
Medium
Engraving and etching, first state of three
Dimensions
plate: 15 3/8 x 11 in. (39 x 27.9 cm) sheet: 15 1/2 x 11 1/16 in. (39.4 x 28.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Stephen A. Geiger Gift, 2010
Accession Number
2010.175
Tags
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...