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Claude Mellan

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Engraving of an elderly bearded man in a hooded robe asleep, hands on a cross, with a skull and candle beside him.

St. Francis de Paul

Engraving of a kneeling nun in a veil praying with clasped hands before a monstrance on an altar at left.

St. Claire

1667

Engraving of a bishop with a crozier stopping an emperor in Roman dress at a columned entrance, with onlookers and a city str

St. Ambrose, Archbishop of Milan, Turning Back Emperor Theodosius

1681

Engraving of a woman resting her head on her hand beside a book and crook, with sheep grazing under an oak tree.

St. Genevieve

Engraving of St. Gregory seated at a desk, writing with a quill, with a papal tiara and crucifix nearby.

St. Gregory

1681

Engraving of an elderly bearded man kneeling in a cell before a crucifix, with a skull in a wall niche and a lion outside.

St. Jerome Praying in His Cell (Saint Jérôme pénitent)

1665

Etching of St. Luke seated at an easel painting the Virgin, with an ox resting beside him.

St. Luke Painting the Virgin

1625

Engraving of a kneeling young saint in a robe with a cord, raising a hand toward rays of light and clouds.

A Young Saint in Prayer

Engraving of a kneeling bearded monk praying at a stone pedestal beside a cross and skull, with rocks and a tree behind.

St. Claude

1664

St. Charles Borromeo

Engraving of a kneeling saint holding the infant Christ as the Virgin reaches toward them among clouds, with a cherub above.

St. Gaëtan, Founder of the Theatines

Engraving of a kneeling bearded monk at a tree, gazing up at a crucifix in a landscape with a distant church spire.

St. Bernard Kneeling Before a Crucifix

ca. 1655

Engraved portrait of a bearded cardinal in a tall clerical hat and cape, with an inscription panel below.

Alphonse Du Plessis de Richelieu, cardinal de Lyon

1636

Engraved bust portrait of a man with curled hair and cloak on a pedestal bearing a coat of arms, dated 1673.

Emmanuel-Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc d'Albret et cardinal de Bouillon

1673

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair in a white collar, set within an oak leaf wreath, dated 1658.

Victor le Bouthillier

1658

Engraved oval portrait of a curly-haired young boy in a lace collar, with a garland frame and coat of arms below, dated 1659.

Louis-Joseph de Lorraine, duc de Guise, as a Child

1659

Engraved oval portrait of a young boy with curly hair, lace collar and ruffled sleeves, with a crown and letter L below.

Louis XIV as a Child

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man with a mustache and lace collar, with an inscription panel below.

Portrait of Vicenzo Giustiniani

1631

Engraved bust portrait of a man with curly shoulder-length hair and a lace collar, inside a hexagonal frame with Greek text.

Portrait of Leonardos Philaras

1651

Engraved portrait of a bearded friar in a hooded robe beside a crucifix, with a caption below identifying the sitter.

François Le Clerc Du Tremblay, dit le Père Joseph

1638

Engraved portrait of a curly-haired man in armor and lace collar, with a Latin inscription plate below.

Jean de Saint-Bonnet, marquis de Toiras

between 1630-36

Engraved octagonal portrait of a man with wavy hair, mustache and goatee, wearing a lace collar, dated 1648.

François de La Mothe Le Vayer

1648

Engraved portrait of a bald, bearded man in a loose robe holding a closed book, with a Latin inscription below.

Le Père Charles de Condren

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair, moustache and white collar, wearing a dark cloak, by Claude Mellan.

Henri-Louis Habert de Montmor

1640

Engraved half-length portrait of a bearded man in a hooded religious habit, with Latin inscription below.

Le Père Étienne de Cesena

1674

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man with curly hair and a white collar, above a clerical coat of arms.

Nicolas Grillié, Bishop of Uzès

n.d.

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair, lace collar and armor, with Latin inscription around the frame.

Charles I de Créquy, duc de Lesdiguières

1633

Engraved portrait of a bearded clergyman in a skullcap and cape with a cross, inscribed Jean-Pierre Camus, Bishop of Belley.

Jean-Pierre Camus, Bishop of Belley

Engraved half-length portrait of a curly-haired man with mustache and goatee, wearing a cloak, with French verse below.

Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac

ca. 1635-37

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and sash, with a Latin inscription beneath, by Claude Mellan.

Portrait of Claude de Marolles

Engraved portrait of a bearded clergyman in a dark cloak, white collar, and cross insignia, with an inscription below.

Claude de Rebé, Archbishop of Narbonne

Engraved oval portrait of a young man with curly hair and a lace collar, with a crown and monogram below.

Henri II de Savoie, duc de Nemours

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with curled hair in a dark robe and white collar, with a Latin inscription below.

Le Chancelier Pierre Séguier

1639

Abel Servien

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a high-collared robe, resting one hand on a book, with inscription below.

Le Père Claude de Lingendes

1661

Engraved oval bust portrait of a bearded man in a clerical collar, with a Latin inscription beneath the frame.

Le Père Charles Faure

Oval engraved portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar, with Latin inscription and verse below.

Joseph Trullier

1626

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a cap and buttoned robe, with a Latin inscription beneath.

Le Père Jean Du Bois-Olivier

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed cloak and skullcap, with a Latin caption below.

Pierre Gassendi

ca. 1637 or 1638

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with mustache and ruff collar, with a coat of arms and Latin inscription.

Charles de Bouques

Engraved oval portrait of an older bearded man in a white ruff collar, with a lettered cartouche below.

Portrait of Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio

1633

Engraving of the Virgin Mary on clouds looking down at a kneeling monk holding the Christ Child, with angels and landscape.

Maria op wolken kijkt neer op bedelmonnik met het Kind in zijn armen

1608

Engraving of a bearded man in a flowing robe with a lamb beside him, gesturing toward clouds and light in a rocky landscape.

Johannes de Doper met lam

1608

Engraving of figures in a rocky landscape with a classical temple on a hill and a kneeling woman in the foreground.

Menandre en Lerice met hun dochter Silvanire vinden op weg naar de tempel Agalante uitgeput in de armen van Hylas

1608

Engraving of a haloed saint in prayer, gazing upward with clasped hands beside a tall cross on a pedestal.

Heilige in aanbidding voor het kruis

1608

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded friar in a hooded robe, resting his hands on an open book.

Portrait of Le Père Yves

1677

Engraved oval portrait of a curly-haired man with a mustache in a fur collar, with a coat of arms below.

René de Longueil, marquis de Maisons

Engraved oval portrait of a young boy with curly hair, white collar and brooch, with a fleur-de-lis coat of arms below.

Armand de Bourbon, prince de Conti

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a lace collar, flanked by two putti, a funerary urn, and draped cloth with a coat

Jean Habert de Montmor

1640

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a fur collar and cap, with a coat of arms below the oval frame.

Matthieu Molé

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed garment, with a coat of arms below in a decorative frame.

François-Théodore de Nesmond

ca. 1661

Engraving of a seated young boy in ornate robes surrounded by kneeling and standing men in dark gowns, with coats of arms.

Frontispiece: Les Ordonnances royaux

ca. 1644

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair, mustache and goatee, wearing a ruff collar, with a Latin inscription below.

Raffaello Menicucci

Engraved oval portrait of Henri II de Montmorency with curled hair, lace collar, armor and an order cross.

Henri II de Montmorency

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly bald man with a beard in a scrolled frame, inscribed Ludovicus Dorleans, 1622.

Portrait of Louis d'Orléans

1622

Engraved portrait of a man with wavy hair and mustache in a white collar, inside an octagonal frame with inscription.

Portrait of Michel de Marolles

1648

Engraving of a bearded man in a hat and cloak leaning against a tree in a forest, with a coat of arms beside him.

James Howell Standing in a Forest

1641

Engraving of a man in a cloak and hat leaning on a tree in a forest, with a Latin inscription below.

James Howel Standing in a Forest

1641

Engraving of the moon in its first quarter phase, with craters rendered in fine hatched lines on a dark background.

The Moon in its First Quarter

1635

Engraving of two horned satyrs beside a tree and globe, with grapevines and a child gathering grapes in the foreground.

Satyrs

before 1645

Engraving of a winged angel and a kneeling helmeted soldier inscribing stone tablets before a mountain with falling flames.

An Angel and a Soldier Inscribe Stone Slabs

Engraving of a nude female figure holding a torch while standing on a pedestal, with clouds in the background.

Feminine Figure

Engraving of Minerva in a helmet teaching a young boy in a fleur-de-lis robe beside an inscribed plinth and olive tree.

Minerva Instructs the Dauphin

1640

Engraving of two winged angels on clouds holding a palm wreath with the inscription Sit nomen Domini benedictum.

Two Angels Seated on Clouds

Engraving of a winged angel standing on clouds, holding a long banderole stretched across its outspread arms.

Angel with a Banderole

Engraved title page of a devotional book: a kneeling woman looks up at three angels descending through rays of light.

Title page for François de Sales, Introduction à la vie dévote

1641

Engraving of a young man with a cross seated on fur beside a lamb, with fig leaves, branches, and a stream in a wooded landsc

St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness

1629

Engraving of three nude women holding a circular wreath and an inscribed draped cloth against a cloudy sky.

The Three Graces

1659

Engraved title page showing two bearded hermits seated in a rocky desert with the words Les vies des SS. pères des déserts.

Title page: Arnaud d'Andilly, Les Vies des saints pères des déserts

1647

Engraving of a kneeling cardinal offering a book to the Virgin and Child on clouds, with cherubs above.

Cardinal Richelieu, Kneeling, Presents His Book to the Virgin and Child

ca. 1646

Engraving of a veiled female figure leaning on a cross, with a chalice, tiara and keys beside her.

Personification of Faith

1642

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearl necklace and buttoned bodice, with Latin inscription around the fra

Maddalena Corvina

1636

Oval engraved portrait of a woman with a flower in her hair, drop earrings, and lettered border, by Claude Mellan.

Virginia da Vezzo, Wife of Simon Vouet

1626

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with curly hair, pearl necklace and braided dress, inscribed Anna Maria Vaiani.

Anna Maria Vaiani

1624-36

Engraving of a kneeling veiled woman in a religious habit on clouds, holding a crucifix, with a radiant sun above.

Sainte Jeanne Frémiot de Chantal

after 1641

Engraved bust portrait of a woman with curled hair and pearl necklace on a pedestal, labelled Madame Henriette Anne.

Henriette-Anne d'Angleterre, duchesse d'Orléans

Engraved bust portrait of a woman with pearl necklace and upswept curled hair, with Latin inscription banner below.

Portrait of Agathe de Châtillon

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

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

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

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

Portrait of Cardinal Richelieu

1651

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

Burial Procession of Christ

1678