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Claude Mellan
Allegory on the Faculties of the Soul1625

Not on view
Engraving on cream paper with three large allegorical figures — a winged central woman, a dark figure holding a canvas, and a robed woman with books — two hovering putti, and Latin text below

Claude Mellan, Simon Vouet, Allegory on the Faculties of the Soul, 1625, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Claude Mellan
France, Abbeville, 1598-1688
After
Simon Vouet
France, Paris, 1590-1649
Title
Allegory on the Faculties of the Soul
Place Made
France
Date Made
1625
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
21 5/8 x 14 3/4 in. (54.93 x 37.47 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.464
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Préaud, Maxime. L'oeil d'or Claude Mellan. Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1988.