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Description: | unbound volume; binding in 11/E/12 s. in plate b.r. on plinth "Nanteuil Sculpebat."; inscr. in plate b. l. on plinth "Champaigne Pin."; inscr. in oval border "HENRI D'ORLEANS, DVC DE LONGVEVILLE ET D'ESTOVTEVILLE, PAIR DE FRANCE, PRINCE SOVVERAIN DE NEVCHASTEL &c."; inscr. in plate on plaque "C'est le fameux Henry, les Amours de nostre age, / Ce Prince genereux, humain, vaillant et sage, / Qui des mains de la Gloire a le front couronne; / Il n'est point de grandeur qu'il nait eue en partage, / Mais celle a quoy sur tout il paroist le plus ne, Est celle ou le grand sens est joint au grand courage."; inscr. on page b.c. below image hand-written in brown in "15."; inscr. on page hand-written in brown ink t.c. "No.15" CRE NANTEUIL, Robert; (French; 1623-1678) DES CHAMPAIGNE, Philippe de; (French; 1602-1674) 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 leading French painter Philippe de Champaigne whom Nanteuil worked closely with in his youth.
Henri II d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville was a well known rebel and leading participant in the last of the series of aristocratic uprisings in France known as the Fronde (1648-53). This portrait was painted not long after his release from prison in Paris upon which he gave up the rebel cause. He was Governor of Normandy. The inscription on the plinth is a quotation from the poem 'La Pucelle' or 'La France Delivree' by Chapelain. | 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 : HUNTER VOLUME : SASH : NOBILITY : MILITARY : PEDESTAL : | 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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