Titelpagina voor: Saint Bernardus, Divi Bernardi Abbatis (...), 1640
Claude Mellan
1640
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
235; 360
About this artwork
Titelpagina voor: Bernard, Saint. Divi Bernardi Abbatis Claraevallis Operum. Parijs: Imprimerie Royale, 1640, dl. 1. De tekening door Stella bevindt zich in de bibliotheek van l'Istituto Nazionale di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte te Rome.
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...