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Description: | unbound volume; binding in 11/E/12 s. in plate on plinth b. r. "R. Nanteuil /Faciebat"; inscr. in plate on plinth l. "La Vertu qui sous ce Visage / Voulut parestre dans ces lieux / A repris la route des Cieux / Il n'en reste plus que l'Image."; inscr. within plate mark hand-written b.c. "35."; inscr. in brown ink on supporting sheet b. c. "37. / Madame de Gillier"; inscr. hand-written in brown ink on supporting sheet t. c. "No. 37. [underlined]" 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. This is one of a group of seven portraits of women in the volume. Nanteuil engraved portraits of just eight women during his whole career. Madame de Gillier was the wife of Melchior de Gillier, Councellor and 'Maitre d'Hotel Ordinaire' to the King. Nanteuil engraved their portraits in the same year, two years after she had died, as reflected in the text accompanying the engraving (see 8818 for her husband's portrait). | 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 : FASHION : PEARLS : HUNTER VOLUME : POSTHUMOUS : WHITE COLLAR : | 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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