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Podcast: Platemark: prints and the printmaking ecosystem
Episode: History of Prints Claude Mellan (part one)
Description: In s2e27, hosts Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig begin a two-part conversation about Claude Mellan, who engraved the most astonishing portrait of Jesus Christ in the history of art. In fact, if it weren't for his print of the Holy Face on the Sudarium, Mellan may have dropped out of sight. But, he is worth looking at. He brought something to portraiture that is worth noting: a humanity and tenderness that one might think impossible to capture in engraving. Sir Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599–1641). Self-Portrait (early state), from the series Iconography, 1628/41. Etching. Sh...