a French draughtsman, engraver, and painter. Mellan was born in Abbeville, the son of a customs official. His first known print (Préaud no. 288), made for a thesis in theology at the Collège des Mathurins, shows that he was in Paris by 1619. His first teachers have not been identified, but his early engravings are thought to show the influence of Léonard Gaultier.
