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Description: | unbound volume; binding in 11/E/12 s. in plate in oval frame b.r. "Nanteuil Sculpebat."; inscr. in plate in oval frame b.l. "Champaigne pinx."; inscr. in brown ink on supporting sheet b. c. "58. / Henry du Plessis Guenegaud / Tresorier de l'Epargnel"; inscr. hand-written in brown ink on supporting sheet t. c. "No. 59. [underlined]" CRE NANTEUIL, Robert; (French; 1623-1678) DES CHAMPAIGNE, Philippe de; (French; 1602-1674) 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 Champaigne, the most gifted 17th century French portraitist. A wealthy scholar and a statesman, Henri Du Plessis-Ghenegaud was secretary of state from 1643 and a patron of the arts. This volume includes the two states in which the engraving is known, here the second state, to which Nanteuil has added the Order of the Holy Spirit. | 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 : MARQUIS DE PLANCY : HUNTER VOLUME : STATESMAN : ORDER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT : COAT OF ARMS : | 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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