Standbeeld van een jonge gladiator
Claude Mellan
1677
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
287; 404
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 240
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...