I have always admired and surprised the making of this engraving. High art and wanted to repeat it.
Made and prepared for engraving on CNC.
"In this engraving, Mellan demonstrated how one single continuous spiral line from the tip of the nose of Christ's face - by varying the pressure on the cutter, one can create a technically virtuoso work of art - an idea characteristic of the art of Mannerism. Later, Mellan developed a style of engraving in which cross-hatching is almost completely absent, and became one of the main masters of the ceremonial portrait of the "grand style" of the era of Louis XIV" [4]
