Claude Mellan

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Place: Abbeville

Born: 1598

Death: 1688

Biography:

Claude Mellan (23 May 1598 – 9 September 1688) was a French draughtsman, engraver, and painter. Mellan was born in Abbeville, the son of a customs official. His first known print (Préaud no. 288 ), made for a thesis in theology at the Collège des Mathurins, shows that he was in Paris by 1619. His first teachers have not been identified, but his ear...

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