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Description: | unbound volume s. in plate on plinth b.l. "R. Nanteuil ad vivum faciebat 1661."; inscr in plate in oval border "MESRE. RENE DE LONGVEIL MARQVIS DE MAISONS MINISTRE D'ESTAT ET PRESIDENT AV PARLEM."; inscr. within plate mark b.c. "47."; inscr. in brown ink on supporting sheet b. c. "49."; inscr. hand-written in brown ink on supporting sheet t. c. "No. 50. [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. Rene de Longueil came from a powerful Parisian family of magistrates. His appointments included President of the Parliament of Paris (1642), Governor of the royal castles of Saint-Germain and Versailles (1645) and Secretary of the Treasury of the Kingdom (1651). He employed Francois Mansart (1598-1666), the founder of the architectural French Classical style to build the castle of Maisons, better known today as Maisons-Laffitte. This is the second of two engraved portraits of Longueil by Nanteuil (see glaha 8799 for the first) | 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 : HUNTER VOLUME : COAT OF ARMS : FUR : MAGISTRATE : LEGAL : | 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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