Twee vrouwelijke personificaties onder een portret van Lodewijk XIII in een medaillon
Claude Mellan
1623
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
140; 211
About this artwork
height 211 mm x width 140 mm
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...