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Description: | unbound volume; binding in 11/E/12 s. in plate b. r. "Mignard pinxit. Nanteuil Sculpebat 1660"; inscr in plate in oval frame "ANNE DAVSTRICHE P. L. G. DE DIEV REINE DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE."; inscr. within plate mark hand-written b.c. "30."; inscr. in brown ink on supporting sheet b. c. "32."; inscr. hand-written in brown ink on supporting sheet t. c. "No. 32. [underlined]" CRE NANTEUIL, Robert; (French; 1623-1678) DES MIGNARD, Pierre; (French; 1612-1695) 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 Pierre Mignard, an outstanding portrait painter of the time.
Anne of Austria was Queen and Regent of France and the mother of Louis XIV. Together with her first minister Mazarin she resisted the nobles' attempts to reclaim the privileges they had lost under first minister to Louis XIII Cardinal Richelieu.
This is one of only seven portraits of women in the volume. Nanteuil engraved portraits of just eight women during his whole career. | 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 : QUEEN : FRANCE : FASHION : PEARLS : CROWN : HUNTER VOLUME : FUR : COAT OF ARMS : ROYALTY : | 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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