Claude Mellan
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personFrench, 1598–1688
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Selected Works33

Museum Acquisitions

Cleveland Museum of Art
St. Francis
St. Francis, 1638
Acquired 2023
engraving
Cleveland Museum of Art
Christ Carried to the Tomb
Christ Carried to the Tomb, 1678
Acquired 2023
engraving
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
François-Théodore de Nesmond
François-Théodore de Nesmond, 1661
Acquired 2022
Engraving on laid paper, state II/III
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Face of Christ on Saint Veronica's Cloth
Face of Christ on Saint Veronica's Cloth, 1649
Acquired 2018
Engraving on laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Saint John the Baptist in the Desert
Saint John the Baptist in the Desert, 1629
Acquired 2014
Engraving in black on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
The Mousetrap
The Mousetrap, 1654
Acquired 2014
Engraving and drypoint in black on ivory laid paper
Cleveland Museum of Art
Henriette-Marie d'Angleterre, duchess d'Orleans
Henriette-Marie d'Angleterre, duchess d'Orleans, 1655
Acquired 2005
engraving
Cleveland Museum of Art
Henriette-Marie d'Angleterre, duchess d'Orleans
Henriette-Marie d'Angleterre, duchess d'Orleans, 1655
Acquired 2005
engraving
LACMA
Henri-Louis Habert de Montmor
Henri-Louis Habert de Montmor, 1640
Acquired 1994
Engraving
LACMA
Claude de Rebé, Archbishop of Narbonne
Claude de Rebé, Archbishop of Narbonne, 1636
Acquired 1994
Engraving
LACMA
François-Théodore de Nesmond
François-Théodore de Nesmond, 1640
Acquired 1993
Engraving
LACMA
Allegory on the Faculties of the Soul
Allegory on the Faculties of the Soul, 1625
Acquired 1988
Engraving
Hammer Museum
The Sudarium of Saint Veronica
The Sudarium of Saint Veronica, 1649
Acquired 1963
Engraving
LACMA
Saint Veronica's Veil
Saint Veronica's Veil, 1649
Acquired 1961
Engraving
Art Institute of Chicago
The Sudarium of Saint Veronica
The Sudarium of Saint Veronica, 1649
Acquired 1928
Engraving in black on buff laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
St. Jerome Praying
St. Jerome Praying, 1665
In museum collection
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Omer Talon
Omer Talon, 1645
In museum collection
Engraving on paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Nicolas Coeffeteau, Bishop of Marseilles
Nicolas Coeffeteau, Bishop of Marseilles, 1623
In museum collection
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

Previous Sales

Stockholms Auktionsverk Magasin 5
"Mathieu Molé".
"Mathieu Molé".
SEK 406 ($38 USD)
Mar 2026
Christie's
La Sainte Face, or: The Veil of Saint Veronica
La Sainte Face, or: The Veil of Saint Veronica, 1649
$6,861
Mar 2025
Bonhams
The holy face of Jesus Christ impressed on the veil of Veronica (Montaiglon 25)
The holy face of Jesus Christ impressed on the veil of Veronica (Montaiglon 25), 1649
$3,869
Nov 2024
Freeman's | Hindman · Artsy
The Mockers, ca. 1636-1645
The Mockers, ca. 1636-1645
Bidding closed
Engraving

For Sale

Emanuel von Baeyer · Artsy
Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait, 1688
For sale
Engraving
Wallector · Artsy
The Work of Horace
The Work of Horace
£360
Original Etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine, 1660
For sale
Engraving
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Virginia da Vezzo
Virginia da Vezzo, 1626
For sale
Engraving on laid paper
Getty Research Institute · Artsy
Vincentivs Ivstinianvs Iosephi . F.
Vincentivs Ivstinianvs Iosephi . F., 1631
For sale
Engraving
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Saint Alexis
Saint Alexis, 1649
For sale
Engraving
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac
Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, 1637
For sale
Engraving on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Alphonse du Plessis Richelieu, Cardinal of Lyon
Alphonse du Plessis Richelieu, Cardinal of Lyon, 1636
For sale
Engraving on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Jean Habert de Monturor
Jean Habert de Monturor
For sale
Engraving
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Philippe Thibaud
Philippe Thibaud, 1638
For sale
Engraving on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
The Sudarium of Saint Veronica
The Sudarium of Saint Veronica, 1649
For sale
Engraving
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Saint John the Baptist in the Desert
Hammer Museum · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2025.11.1 · Etching and engraving
Collection UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Hammer Museum. Purchased with funds provided by the Helga K. and Walter Oppenheimer Acquisition Fund.
St. Francis
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2023.159 · engraving
James Parmelee Fund
Christ Carried to the Tomb
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2023.160 · engraving
James Parmelee Fund
François-Théodore de Nesmond
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2022 · Accession 2022.103 · Engraving on laid paper, state II/III
Museum purchase funded by Leslie and Jack Blanton, Jr., in honor of Dr. Dena M. Woodall
Portrait of Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc
J. Paul Getty Museum · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2019 · Accession 2019.11 · Drawings
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Face of Christ on Saint Veronica's Cloth
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2018 · Accession 2018.134 · Engraving on laid paper
Museum purchase funded by Leslie and Jack S. Blanton, Jr. at Art + Paper 2018
Saint John the Baptist in the Desert
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2014 · Accession 2013.1261 · Engraving in black on cream laid paper
Thomas Baron Fund
The Mousetrap
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2014 · Accession 2014.642 · Engraving and drypoint in black on ivory laid paper
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund
Robed woman standing next to a plinth, her right hand bears a palm branch, a harp rests against the plinth
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession 2012.136.229 · Engraving
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Two satyrs, traditionally known as the 'Mockers,' laughing and using their limbs to pin a drawing to a tree trunk, at left a smiling man points toward the drawing, at right is a laughing woman, a globe underneath one of the satyrs
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession 2012.136.44 · Engraving
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Delilah preparing to cut Samson's hair with scissors in her right hand, below her chest are the head and shoulders of the sleeping Samson
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession 2012.136.163.2 · Engraving
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Delilah preparing to cut Samson's hair with scissors in her right hand, below her chest are the head and shoulders of the sleeping Samson
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession 2012.136.163.1 · Engraving
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
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event
death
Claude Mellan dies
Jan 1, 1688
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birth
Claude Mellan born
Jan 1, 1598