Portrait of Michel Le Tellier the Elder
Summary
A reproduction produced by the Vasari Society of a drawing by Claude Mellan. The drawing is a portrait of Michel Le Tellier. His facial features are detailed, but his clothes are only loosely sketched in and there is no background detail. The drawing has a double black border and an inscription underneath naming the subject and the artist. Text from the accompanying booklet produced by the Vasari Society: "No. 25 CLAUDE MELLAN (b. 1598; d. 1678) PORTRAIT OF MICHEL LE TELLIER THE ELDER Collection of Captain E. G. Spencer Churchill, Northwick Park. Black chalk. 12.8 x 10 cm. (5 x 3 15/16 in.). Michel Le Tellier, chancellor of France (1603-1685). Mellan never engraved Le Tellier's portrait: but for a very similar presentment compare Nanteuil's engraving (Robert-Dumesnil 120). Both drawings have been inlaid and had inscriptions added in the eighteenth century (?). A. E. P."
Object Name
Portrait of Michel Le Tellier the Elder
Creators Name
Date Created
1914-1915
Dimensions
support: 45.6cm x 38.1cm
accession number
1933.448
Collection Group
Place of creation
Europe
Medium
