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Description: | unbound volume; binding in 11/E/12 s. b.r. hand-written in discoloured ink "Edelinck Sculp"; inscr. b.l. hand-written in discoloured ink "Nanteuil ips delineavit"; inscr. b.c. hand-written in discoloured ink "Robert Nanteuil / Dessinateur et Graveur Ord.re du Roy" AFTER NANTEUIL, Robert; (French; 1623-1678) CRE EDELINCK, Gerard; (French school; 1640-1707) Part of William Hunter's original bequest, this is one of two volumes containing 216 engraved portraits by or after Robert Nanteuil. Head of the great school of 17th century French portrait engraving, his skill and reputation were unequalled. His sitters were distinguished figures of Louis XIV's court, mainly royalty, statesmen, military and church leaders.
Celebrated for its faithfulness to Nature and the simplicity of his designs , Nanteuil's work appealed equally to art lovers and to those fascinated by the achievements of 17th century France. Hunter's volumes are a rare surviving example of a comprehensive early 18th century collection of Nanteuil's work.
Nanteuil's self portrait was engraved by Gerard Edelinck several years after the artist's death. It was used as an illustration for a publication about the most illustrious French figures of the 17th century by Charles Perrault, published between 1696 and 1700. This proof before letters appears here as a frontispiece. Edelinck, who worked under Nanteuil during his early years in Paris and married his niece, became another of the century's greatest engravers. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PORTRAIT : ARTIST : FRANCE : ARTIST'S SELF PORTRAIT : HUNTER VOLUME : ILLUSTRATION : ENGRAVER : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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