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   Mellan
   Claude
   C. M. ;
   
   
   1598 in Abbéville, Somme, France
   1688
   Paris
   boilermaker and coppersmith Claude Mellan (15xx-1xxx) ;
   
   pupil of Simon Vouet (15xx-1xxx) ;
   France
   Pierre Gassendi & de Peiresc: Three maps of the Moon (1637) ; Giovanni Battista Ferrari (1584-1655) ; Giovanni Domenico Cassini: Lunar map (1679) ;
   astronomer and naturalist Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580-1637) & Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655)
   
   astronomical copperplate engraving, drawing, and painting ;
   www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections?&who=Claude+Mellan&deptids=9&pg=1 ; galileo.rice.edu/images/things/mellan.bmp ; ...mellan2 ...3 ;
   www.ulg.ac.be/wittert/fr/flori/opera/meallan/mellan_notice.html ; www.bl.uk/learning/artimages/maphist/minds/moonextract/moon.html ;
   AKL ; ThB 24 1930: 364 ; Anthony Turner: Gassendi (1992) ; Nissen: Botan. Buchillustration 1966 ;
   Further places of activity: Italy (Rome 1624-36), then France (Aix-en-Provence) ; 3 lunar maps from 1637 are kept in Abbeville, Musée Boucher de Perthes: http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/ClaudeMellanPierreGassendiThreeMapsOfTheMoon.html. Rather known for his portraits.
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