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Details
- Media category
- Materials used
- engraving
- Dimensions
- 23.3 x 34.8 cm platemark; 23.5 x 35.2 cm shet
- Signature & date
Signed l.r., [incised plate] "C.Mellan ...". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Margaret Delmer 1985
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 371.1985
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Claude Mellan
Works in the collection
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About
Mellan spent the years between 1624 and 1636 in Rome, where he developed his distinctive engraving style. Contemporary connoisseurs particularly admired his technique of using parallel lines of varying direction and thickness rather than cross-hatching. This print is an example of Mellan's open, linear style, in which outlines are abandoned altogether.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Five years on: a selection of acquisitions 1981-1986, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 26 Sep 1986–23 Nov 1986
Piety and Paganism, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Jul 1991–29 Sep 1991
Le Grand Siècle, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 Jun 1997–17 Jul 1997
Old Europe: Prints & drawings from the collection 1500-1800, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 03 Jun 2006–06 Aug 2006
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Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Five years on: a selection of acquisitions 1981-1986, Sydney, 1986. cat.no. 188
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Nicholas Draffin, Piety and Paganism, Sydney, 1991, 14. no catalogue numbers
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Peter Raissis, Le Grand Siècle, Sydney, 1997. no catalogue numbers
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