The Resurrection
1683
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 17 3/8 x 11 3/16 in. (44.2 x 28.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1957
Accession Number
41.57.4
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold Claude Mellan's *The Resurrection* (1683), a masterful engraving that captures one of Christianity's most triumphant moments: Christ's rising from the tomb. Created late in the career of this renowned French engraver (1598–1688), the work exemplifies the Baroque era's dramatic religious fervor, when artists sought to inspire faith amid the Counter-Reformation. Measuring 17⅜ × 11¼ inches on its sheet, it now graces the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, acquired through the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund in 1957. Mellan's genius shines in his engraving technique, in...
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...