MELLAN Claude (1601 - 1688) - "Self-portrait of the artist". 1635. Original burin. Ref: Préaud 172. Proof of the 1st state (of 2), before copper reduction, on laid paper. Coated on verso with the collector's marks of the Museum der Bildenden Künste in Leipzig (Lugt 1669e & 1669f: "The mark L.1669f was used for duplicates of prints, sold in two composite sales at C.G. Boerner in Leipzig on May 2-5 and May 19-23, 1924" (Lugt). 22.2 x 15.5 cm. Condition A/B (cut to subject, traces of old mounting on verso and two small freckles).