Moon, Final Quarter, 1635
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Moon, Final Quarter, 1635
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Science Source
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The Moon in its Final Quarter. 1635. Claude Mellan (May 23, 1598 - September 9, 1688) was a French draughtsman, engraver, and painter. This engraving is one of three remarkable prints by Mellan that depict the phases of the moon after sketches he made in Aix-en-Provence in early 1636. Mellan drew what he observed through a telescope. The engravings were commissioned by Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, a French humanist, and Pierre Gassendi, a theologian with a passionate interest in astronomy. Mellan completed the prints upon his return to Paris in May 1637. Peiresc, who died in June of that year, never saw the finished works.
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