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Claude Mellan

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Engraving of a youthful charioteer driving four galloping horses, with a Latin motto ribbon in the upper right corner.

Allegory in Honor of Louis XIV

Engraving of a winged figure with trumpet and two seated women framing an oval portrait medallion of a man with long hair.

Louis-Emmanuel de Valois, comte d'Alais et duc d'Angoulême

17th century

Engraved tail-piece with a woman's head crowned by fruit and foliage, flanked by scrolls and two dolphins tied with a ribbon.

Tail-piece: Woman's Head (Cul-de-lampe: Buste de femme)

Engraving of two winged cherubs supporting a shield with a chevron and crown, with flower garland and tassels below.

Two Cherubs with the Arms of Cardinal Richelieu

before 1642

Engraved tail-piece with two winged women flanking a cartouche where a winged figure blows a trumpet beside a fleur-de-lis sh

Tail-piece: Two Winged Women Hold a Cartel Decorated by Fame

Engraved horizontal headband with a central basket of fruit, acanthus scrolls, fruit garlands and two female figures at the e

Headband: Basket of Fruit

Engraved ornamental cartouche with a crowned interlaced monogram, laurel wreath, scrolls, and grotesque faces on cream paper.

Monogram Crowned

Engraved trophy with a central monogram, plumed helmet, shields with lion and rooster, books, laurel and a trident.

Trophy with Monogram Containing the Letters of LEONARDOS

1651

Etching of a peasant woman with a basket beside a cow, a resting calf, a rooster on a fence and a stone trough.

Country Scene with a Peasant, Cow and Calf

Engraving of a storm-tossed sea around a rock bearing a book and Latin inscription, with two figures on shore and lightning a

Allegory Against the Pelagian Heresy (Allégorie contre l'hérésy pélagienne et armoires)

17th century

Engraving of a seated allegorical woman gazing at a sunburst, with a cornucopia, books, armor, and figures in a landscape.

Allegory of France with the Arms of Richelieu (Allégorie sur la Paix)

Engraving of allegorical women in drapery before a classical arcaded building with statues and a balustrade.

Allegory in Honor of the Roman College Founded by the Borghese Family

1615-88

Engraving of two nude male figures, Hercules and Atlas, supporting a large celestial globe marked with constellations above t

Hercules Assisting Atlas

Engraving of Minerva seated with a blank shield, flanked by figures of Peace holding an olive branch and Justice holding scal

Minerva Flanked by Peace and Justice (Armoiries de Gallard et de Mesmes)

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)

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)

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

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 allegorical figures under oak trees, with a helmeted woman with a spear, a pointing youth, and a rooster in the

Allegory on Good Government in France

1685

Engraving of the Annunciation: an angel on clouds offers a lily to the kneeling Virgin, with God and a dove above.

Annunciation

1666

Engraving of a seated nude man and reclining draped woman before classical columns, with battle scenes and a Latin dedication

Theological Thesis of Antoine Talon

1648

Engraving of nude Adam and Eve beside a cross, skeleton, serpent and clouds, with Latin inscriptions.

Adam and Eve at the Foot of the Cross

ca. 1647

Engraving of Mary embracing the infant Christ beside a tree stump, with a radiating halo and a coat of arms in the corner.

Maria met Kind bij een boomstronk

1660

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ on a stone ledge, with a bare tree and distant landscape at left.

Maria en Kind

1659

Engraving of the Holy Family resting: Mary holds the infant Christ, Joseph kneels nearby, and a donkey grazes beside a stone

Rust op de vlucht naar Egypte

1635

Engraving of a veiled woman seated with a child beside a curtain, with a landscape scene and figures in octagonal borders.

Heilige Familie

1650

Engraving of Mary Magdalene reclining in a rocky grotto with a skull, cross, and wreath beside her.

H. Maria Magdalena gelegen in een grot

1624