Twee putti met een guirlande van fruit en het wapen van kardinaal Jules Mazarin
Claude Mellan
1639 - 1643
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
57; 168
About this artwork
Tussen 1639-1643 werkte Mellan samen met de Imprimerie Royale (IFF 17e siècle, p. 21-22). Hij vervaardigde verschillende vignetten, letters, culs-de-lampe en decoratieve banden (IFF 17e siècle, p. 215-220).
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...