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Description: | RU CRE MELLAN, Claude; (French; 1598-1688) According to Maxime Picaud of the Bibliotheque Nationale, on 12/10/87, this state would be an unrecorded state before the Smile, or state I. Another impression is in the Bibliotheque National.
Claude Mellan was a pupil of Simon Vouet (French; 1590-1649) during his stay in Rome from 1624 to 1637. He created a new method of engraving, which consisted in engraving the whole plate in one go ("gravure a une seule taille"). The masterpiece in this new technic is his "Holy face". Here, he is portraying Nicolas Fouquet, the minister of Finances, who was arrested and put in jail in La Bastille by the young king Louis the XIV. He was used as an example by the young king, who wished to show that extrem wealth did not impress him, and that he would not tolerate someone who might become a threat to the royal power because of one's wealth. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PORTRAIT : MAN : JEAN FOUQUET : XVIITH CENTURY : SQUIRL : MINISTRE : HORN OF PLENTY : COAT OF ARMS : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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