Titelpagina voor: Armand-Jean du Plessis hertog van Richelieu, Traité de la perfection du chrétien
Claude Mellan
1647
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
159; 216
About this artwork
Titelpagina voor: Richelieu, Armand-Jean du Plessis hertog van. Traité de la perfection du chrétien. Parijs: Antoine Vitré, s.d.
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...