Standbeeld van een faun met cymbalen

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verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 240

Art Historical Context

**Standbeeld van een faun met cymbalen (Statue of a Faun with Cymbals)** *Claude Mellan, 1677, Engraving, 401 × 284 mm* Step into the whimsical world of 17th-century French engraving with Claude Mellan's *Standbeeld van een faun met cymbalen*. Created in 1677, this intricate print captures a lively statue of a faun—a mischievous, half-human, half-goat figure from classical mythology—clashing cymbals in joyous abandon. Mellan, a master engraver renowned for his virtuoso line work (including his famous single-line portraits), reproduces the ancient sculpture with remarkable precision, evoking...

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...