Antique Master Print-PIERRE-GASSENDI-GASSENDUS-PORTRAIT-Mellan-c.1637 1638 Claude Mellan Master Prints > By Old Masters,Prints by Category > Portraits-Figures

'PETRVS GASSENDVS PREPOSITVS CATHEDRALIS ECCLESIAE DINIENSIS. C. MELLAN GALL'. DEL. ET SCULP.'Bust-length portrait of Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655), a French filosopher and scientist, shown facing three-quarters right, dressed in fur-trimmed clerical robes, with skullcap. He wrote a biography of Tycho Brache.Made by Claude Mellan after own design.Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.Sheet size: 13.9 x 21.4 cm (5.47 x 8.43 inch). Image size: 12.5 x 19 cm. (4.92 x 7.48 inch).PIERRE GASSENDI, FRENCH PHILOSOPHER, NATURAL PHILOSOPHER, SCIENTIST, CLAUDE MELLAN, ENGRAVING, 17TH CENTURY PORTRAIT | PCO-E22-30BACKGROUND INFORMATIONLikely printed in Paris by Mellan himself.State: First state of two.Reference: Montaiglon 443.189; BN XVII.110.158 i/ii.Biography engraver: Claude Mellan (1598 1688) was a French engraver and draftsman known for his refined technique of parallel line engraving. He worked in Paris and Rome and created religious and portrait prints of remarkable delicacy. Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing and soiling. Crisp impression with minor margin wear. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.