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Description: | unbound volume; binding in 11/E/12 s. in plate on plinth l. "Nanteuil ad vivum faciebat 23o. Augti. 1658."; inscr. in plate in oval frame "CL. REGNAVDIN D. DE BEREV. L'ISLE VALLON ETC. REGI CONSILIIS ET IN MAGNO CONSILIO COGNITOR CATHOLICVS."; inscr. in coat of arms "Hie a fulimino tutie"; inscr. in plate b.c. "Telle encore aujourd'huy sur de front Magnanime / d'un Senateur parfait on void la Majeste; / Telle de son visage est la serenite / Et chaque traict y marquee une vertu Sublime. / l'Innocence & le Droict que linjustice opprime / Viennent sous ses Lauriers chercher leur seurette: / Rien n'eschappe a ses yeux, et leur viue claret / Est le brillant escueil de la fourbe & du crime. / Fant d'illustres Heros don't Themis a fait choix / Pour soustenir son Throsne et ranimer ses Loix, / Noffrent point de second a ce Juge equitable. / Chacun le croid unique ainsi que le Soleil; / Foy seal, fameux Nanteuil, Graveur inimitable / Sans partager sa glorie as trouue son pareil. / Cougnet"; inscr. in brown ink on supporting sheet b. c. "67."; inscr. hand-written in brown ink on supporting sheet t. c. "No. 68. [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. Regnauldin was a magistrate who finished his career as Councillor of State (1644). Nanteuil published five different versions of his engraved portrait, three of which were to illustrate thesis. One of two in the volume, it includes a poem highlighting the sitter's qualities. | 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 : POEM : HUNTER VOLUME : COUNCILLOR : MAGISTRATE : 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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