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Description: | unbound volume; binding in 11/E/12 s. in plate b.r. "Nanteuil Sculpebat"; inscr. in plate b.l. "Nocroit Pinxit"; inscr. in plate b.c." FRANCOIS DE VANDOSME DUC DE BEAUFORT / ET PAIR DE FRANCE. / Se vendent chez le Blond avec privilege du Roy France"; inscr. on page below print hand-written "11."; inscr. on page hand-written in brown ink t.c. "No.11" CRE NANTEUIL, Robert; (French; 1623-1678) AFTER NOCRET, Jean; (French;1615-1672) PUB LEBLOND. Jean; (French; c. 1592-1666) 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. Occasionally Nanteuil worked after other portraitists, here Nocret, appointed painter to the king in 1649. The sitter was Louis XIV's cousin Francois de Vendome who led a conspiracy against Cardinal Mazarin, first minister of France during Louis XIV's minority. He later played a major role in the last of the series of aristocratic uprisings in France known as the Fronde (1648-53) and made peace with the king in 1653, the year in which this portrait was made. | 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 : ARMOUR : PLUME : HUNTER VOLUME : PALM LEAVES : LAUREL : HELMET : BATON : NOBILITY : MILITARY : | 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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