Claude Mellan
(1598–1688) French painter and engraver (1598–1688)
Claude Mellan (France, 1598–1688) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Claude Mellan belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Claude Mellan was born in Abbeville and died in Paris. Claude Mellan studied under Simon Vouet. Claude Mellan worked in Rome and Paris. The students included Jean Lenfant, Pierre Brissart, and Nicolas Bazin.
The catalogue has 151 works by Claude Mellan with free images. The dated works span the years 1598–1688. Works by Claude Mellan are held by several collections, among them Prints in the National Gallery of Art, Nationalmuseum, Musea Brugge, and Vanderbilt Museum of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include François Perrier, Nicolas Poussin, Jacques Linard, Willem Hondius, and Jean Lemaire.