Self-portrait
Self-portrait

Currently not on view

Self-portrait,

1635

Claude Mellan, 1598–1688; born Abbeville, France; died Paris, France
2007-140

Information

Title
Self-portrait
Dates

1635

Maker
Claude Mellan
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 22.1 x 15.1 cm. (8 11/16 x 5 15/16 in.) sheet: 23 x 15.9 cm. (9 1/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Felton Gibbons Fund
Object Number
2007-140
Place Made

Europe, Italy, Rome

Inscription
Inscribed, and dated in plate, lower center: CLADIUS MELLAN NATIONE / GALLUS PICTOR ET INCISOR / Rome Superioum pm. 1.6.3.5.
Culture
European, French
Type
engravings, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
engraving (printing process)
Subject
figures (representations), artists, three-quarter views, men, self-portraits, busts

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