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Self-portrait,
1635

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

2007-140

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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

French

Type

prints, engravings

Materials

printing ink

Techniques

engraving (printing process)

Subject

three-quarter views, men, busts, artists, figures (representations), self-portraits

"Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2007," in "More than one: photographs in sequence," special issue, <em>Record of the Princeton University Art Museum</em> 67 (2008): p. 96-119.<br>, p. 118

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Claude Mellan (1598–1688; born Abbeville, France; died Paris, France), Self-portrait, 1635. Engraving; 22.1 x 15.1 cm (plate), 23 x 15.9 cm (sheet). Museum purchase, Felton Gibbons Fund (2007-140)

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