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Description: | unbound volume; binding in 11/E/12 s. in plate on plinth l. "Nanteuil ad viu."; inscr. in plate on plinth r. "Faciebat 1658."; inscr. in plate on base of plinth "Jacques Marquis de Castlenau Mareschal de / France Lieutenant General des Armees du Roy / en Flandres, Gouverneur de Brest, nomme a / l'Ordre du Saint Esprit, &c."; inscr. on page hand-written in brown ink b.c. below print "23."; inscr. on page hand-written in brown ink t.c. "No.23 [underlined]" CRE NANTEUIL, Robert; (French; 1623-1678) DES 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. Jacques de Castelnau, Seigneur de Mauvissiere, was a Lieutenant-General and Governor of Brest. Dying of injuries sustained at the siege of Dunkirk in 1658 the year this portrait was made, he was made a Marshal of France on his deathbed. | 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 : MILITARY : COAT OF ARMS : PEDESTAL : SASH : | 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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