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Theological Thesis of Antoine Talon

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Theological Thesis of Antoine Talon

Claude Mellan | Cardinal Jules Mazarin

1648

Medium

Etching; top four of six plates, second state of upper part and fourth state of dedication (BN)

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Dimensions

sheet: 20 3/16 x 22 3/4 in. (51.2 x 57.8 cm) plate: 19 1/2 x 22 1/16 in. (49.5 x 56 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Claude Mellan

1598–1688 • France

Claude Mellan (1598–1688) was a French engraver, draughtsman, and painter who became one of the most innovative printmakers of the French Baroque period. Born in Abbeville to a customs official, he served as Peintre et Graveur Ordinaire du Roi (Painter and Engraver in Ordinary to the King) and revolutionized engraving technique through his mastery of the single-line method.

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