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Description: | At U s. in plate in outer oval border "Nanteuil ad vivum cum privil. Regis"; inscr in plate in inner border "Offerebat humillimus Subditus Franciscus Danglure de Bourlemont Abbas"; inscr in oval border "LVDOVICVS XIIII. DEI GRA. FRANCIAE ET NAVARRAE REX CHRISTIANISSIMVS." CRE NANTEUIL, Robert; (French; 1623-1678) DES NANTEUIL, Robert; (French; 1623-1678) NFA and NACF assisted purchase. Used to decorate the thesis of Abbe Francois Danglure de Bourlemont. LABEL This is one of eleven portraits of the French king by Nanteuil, engraved at various periods of his life. Louis XIV admired the rich, yet delicate and silvery tones used by the artist, his splendid modelling of the face, and his suggestion of colour throughout the plate of the artist, and appointed him Royal Engraver in 1658. Two years later the king issued an edict, mainly inspired by the artist, lifting engraving out of the realm of mechanical arts and giving to engravers all the privileges of other artists. | 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 : THESIS : ARMOUR : SUN : KING : MAN : NACF : : | 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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