Zelfportret

Zelfportret

RP-T-1959-161

draftsman (artist): Claude Mellan

after 1635 - 1688

zwart en rood krijt

height 123 mm x width 83 mm

Claude Mellan was behalve schilder en tekenaar vooral graveur. Hij had een geheel eigen, virtuose techniek. Zijn omvangrijke grafische oeuvre omvat bijna 400 bladen, waarvan de helft uit portretten bestaat.

purchase 1959

Public domain

…; collection Camille Groult (1837-1908), Paris; his son, Jean Groult (1868-1951), Paris; his sale, Paris (Galerie Charpentier), 21 March 1952, no. 18, as école française, bought in at frs. 140,000, with no. 19;{Copy RMA.}…; from the dealer Jacques Seligmann, New York, fl. 3,030.99, to the museum, with support from the F.G. Waller fonds, 1959

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