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Description: | RU unmounted s. on plate b. r. "Cl. Mellan Gall Sculp. Romae Superioru prmissu"; inscr on plate b. c. "Sim. Voue paris pinx"; inscr on plate b. c. "Hoc latus indigno cinxit violentia nexu? / Haec funt externa pectora tacta manu? / Proh pudor, o facinus. tu, non impune prophanum, / Vita pudicitiam, dextera scinde latus. / Dizerat, et casto traieccit viscera ferra, / Se, non admisso crimine, sassa ream. / Vulnere magno fie vulnera fanat amoris / Tergit et impuras fanguinis omne notas."; watermark CRE MELLAN, Claude; (French; 1598-1688) AFTER after Vouet, Simon; (French; 1590-1649) 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". | 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: | LUCRETIA : DEATH : CLASSICAL : XVIITH CENTURY : NUDE : BEDROOM : KNIFE : | 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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