The Mousetrap

Art Institute of Chicago

The Mousetrap

Claude MellanLinkedCulture matchlcp-495e88cd45ed

Date
c. 1654
Medium
Engraving and drypoint in black on ivory laid paper
Culture
France
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
222781

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Mellan never completed this secular engraving, and he may not have intended to publish or distribute it widely. The work is a surprisingly sensual departure for an artist who engraved hundreds of religious subjects and portraits, but it maintains his sinuous, supple line. The stark nudity of the Venus-like central figure, taken from an unfinished plate with substantial areas of blank space, enhances the print’s abstraction.

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The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund

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