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Claude Mellan

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Engraving of the full moon showing craters and dark plains rendered in fine parallel hatched lines on a dark background.

Full Moon

1635

Engraving of a young man strangling a lion on rocky ground, with a billowing cloak and grazing sheep in the background.

David Strangling the Lion

1631

Engraving of seated Minerva in a plumed helmet holding a spear, with a shield, books, a sphere and instruments beside her.

Minerva

Engraving of French royal arms with fleurs-de-lis, two putti, and two seated allegorical women holding a book and a laurel br

The Arms of France Accompanied by Personifications of Law and Good Faith

1664

Engraving of winged Fame flying with a trumpet and a shield bearing a crown and the letter L, with a Latin inscription below.

Fame Bearing a Shield with the Initial of Louis XIV (La Renommée volant)

Engraved title page with two draped allegorical women, winged putti, a papal tiara and coat of arms, and a Latin title on a p

Title Page: Philomathi Musae Juveniles

1655

Engraving of a kneeling monk gazing up at the Virgin and Child seated on clouds, with cherubs around them.

Saint Bernard Kneeling before the Virgin and Child

1640

Engraving of a seated draped man beside a medallion portrait of a woman, with an urn and cypress trees behind them.

Allegory in Honor of Anne of Austria

ca. 1643

Engraved oval portrait of Ludovica Maria Gonzaga with curled hair, pearl necklace and inscribed border, with crowned monogram

Ludovica Maria Gonzaga, Queen of Poland

1645

Engraving of a storm-battered rock in churning sea with lightning, two figures on the shore, and a coat of arms on the rock.

Allegory Against the Pelagian Heresy (Allégorie contre l'hérésie pélagienne et armoiries de la duchesse d'Aiguillon)

Engraved portrait of Cardinal Richelieu seated at a desk writing, with cherubs holding laurel and a harbor view.

Portrait of Cardinal Richelieu

1651

Engraving of a reclining nude woman with three children, one holding grapes, beneath draped fabric, with small sketches in th

Allegorical Subject: Nude Woman, Three Children and a Mousetrap (La Sourcière)

Engraved headband with three putti, a cardinal's hat, tassels, and a banderole reading POUR LE GRAND ARMAND.

Headband: Two Infants with a Cardinal's Hat, a Third with a Banderole

Engraved ornamental frieze with a central ram's head, drapery swags, rosettes and a fruit garland along the top edge.

Headband with Ram's Head

Engraved horizontal band with two cherubs holding a crown over a shield with fleur-de-lis, flanked by birds and scrolls.

Headband: Two Infants with the Arms of France and Navarre

Engraved self portrait of a bearded man with curly hair and lace collar, set against a cross-hatched background.

Claude Mellan: Self Portrait

1635

Engraved title page of Code Louis XIV showing a seated king in a fleur-de-lis robe with a lion, scales, and an open book.

Title Page: Le Code Louis XIV

1667

Engraved frontispiece by Claude Mellan showing a winged angel writing Greek text on a cross, with cherubs holding a ribbon ab

Frontispiece for New Testament in Greek

1642

Engraved title page showing a bearded man with a harp beside a crowned figure, with arches and a Latin inscription below.

David: Title Page for Talon, L'Histoire sainte, III

1645

Engraved title page frame with a winged cherub head, scrolled ornament, floral garlands and an empty central panel.

Title Page: Bentivoglio, Della Guerra di Fiandra

1632

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearl necklace and lace collar, with an inscription panel below.

Henriette-Marie de Buade-Frontenac

1641

Engraving of a man and a draped woman with a mask, a laurel-wreath-bearing cherub above, and laurel branches.

Frontispiece: Horace, Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera

1642

Engraved frontispiece with a draped man holding a book, a winged youth with a lyre, and a putto lifting a laurel wreath.

Frontispiece: Virgil, Publii Virgilii Maronis Opera

1641

Engraved title page with a winged cherub above an oval laurel garland with ribbons and tassels, centre left blank.

Title Page: Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, L'Office de la Vierge Marie

1645

Engraving of Christ's face wearing a crown of thorns, rendered in fine curving lines with long hair and beard.

Face of Christ on St. Veronica's Cloth

1649

Engraving of Saint Catherine kneeling by a spiked wheel as an angel with a palm and sword hovers above in clouds.

Martyrdom of St. Catherine

1625

Engraving of a bearded saint reclining with a cross on his chest beside stone steps, with onlookers and a distant procession.

St. Alexis

1649

Engraving of the bust of adult Christ with long hair and beard, gazing upward, one finger raised, with radiating halo lines.

Bust of the Adult Christ

1652

Engraving of a veiled woman seated on steps reaching toward a kneeling man, with children and a cross beside them.

Allegory on Charity (?)

Engraving of a burial procession on rocky ground, with resurrected figures emerging from tombs and crosses on a hill under a

Burial Procession of Christ

1678

Engraving of a kneeling bearded monk in a cloak, gazing upward with an arm raised, beside a tree and stone pedestal.

St. Ignatius in Ecstasy

Engraving of a veiled Virgin holding a child with a scepter, as a crowned boy and a woman kneel before her beneath a dove.

Anne of Austria with the Young Louis XIV and Monsieur before the Virgin and Child (Anne d'Autriche déposant le régenc…