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Description: | unbound volume; binding in 11/E/12 s. in plate on plinth b.r. "Nanteuil sculpebat"; inscr. in oval frame "FRID.MAVR. / ice / DE LA TOVR D'AVVERGNE P. L. G. DE DIEV SOVVERAIN DVC DE BVIL/LON, DVC D'ALBRET ET / de / CHAV THIERRY, C. / u / DAV. / gfne / ET D'EVREVX, VIC. / te / DE TVRENNE."; inscr. on plinth "Les cent voix de la Renommee / Ne parlerent jamais avec un tel eselat / Ny d'un Grand Ministre d'Estat, / Ny d'un Grand General d'Armee; / Jamais un Granc Heros pour sa digne Moitie / Neut une si tender Amitite, / Nunit tant de Prucence a la Valeur parfaitte: / O France a qui ce Prince estoit autant qua moy / Pleure pleure avec moy la perte que jay faitte / Ou pleure celle au moins qua faitte en luy ton Roy."; inscr. on page below print b.c hand-written "20."; inscr. on page hand-written in brown in "No.20." CRE NANTEUIL, Robert; (French; 1623-1678) 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. Frederic Maurice, Duke of Bouillon, member of one of the foremost French noble families was prince of the independent principality of Sedan and a general in the royal army. Following his involvement in the conspiracy against the French first minister Richelieu he exchanged the principality of Sedan for Louis XIII's pardon. This portrait was made in the year he returned to France and participated in the French civil war of the Fronde in which his brother Turenne was a leader. The following year he left the rebel cause for the offer of high offices from first minister Cardinal Mazarin. | 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 : COAT OF ARMS : MILITARY : NOBILITY : | 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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