Title page for François de Sales, Introduction à la vie dévote
Medium
Etching; second state of three (BN)
Dimensions
sheet: 13 7/16 in. (34.2 cm) plate: 12 1/2 x 8 1/16 in. (31.7 x 20.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
Accession Number
66.544.23
Tags
About the Artist
Claude Mellan|François de Sales · 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...