Claude Mellan
Nicolas Fouquet, Viscount de Melun et de Vaux, 1615 - 1680. French finance minister
About this artwork
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artist:Claude Mellan (1598 - 1688) French
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title:Nicolas Fouquet, Viscount de Melun et de Vaux, 1615 - 1680. French finance minister
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date created:Unknown
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after:Claude Mellan (1598 - 1688) French
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materials:Line engraving on paper
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measurements:32.72 x 22.86 cm
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credit line:Bequeathed by William Finlay Watson 1886
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accession number:FP II 102.1
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Claude Mellan
Claude Mellan
Claude Mellan began engraving during his early twenties and became one of the leading engravers of his day. As well as a prolific engraver, he was also a painter, a draughtsman and a much sought after portraitist. He developed his own distinctive and technically complex style of engraving which...
