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Description: | unbound volume; binding in 11/E/12 s. in plate on plinth l. "R.Nanteuil ad vivum Pinge. et Sculpebat.1664"; inscr. in oval frame "F.GVENAUVLT ANTIQVIOR FACVL. MEDL. PARI. MAGISTER ET PRIMARIVS REGINAE MEDICVS"; inscr. within plate mark b.c. "71."; inscr. in brown ink on supporting sheet b. c. "77"; inscr. hand-written in brown ink on supporting sheet t. c. "No. 78. [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.
This print was used for the thesis of Jean-Baptiste de Montreuil, upheld on 3 August 1664. Among the most famous medical men of the 17t century, Guenault was physician to Queen Anne of Austria. He inspired the character of Macroton in Molière's 'L'Amour medecin' | 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 : PHYSICIAN : MEDICAL : | 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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