Titelpagina voor: François Tristan l'Hermite sieur du Soliers, Les Amours de Tristan, 1638
Claude Mellan
1638
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
143; 174
About this artwork
collector's mark: 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...