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Description: | unbound volume; binding in 11/E/12 s. in plate b.c. "Rob. Nanteuil ad vivum Faciebat Cum privil. Regis 1652."; inscr. in plate b.c. "AEGIDIVS MENAGIVS / GVILLELMI FIL."; inscr. within plate mark b.c. "78."; inscr. in brown ink on supporting sheet b. c. "83"; inscr. hand-written in brown ink on supporting sheet t. c. "No. 84. [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. Menage was a writer and a scholar at the heart of the French literary circles. He held open door meetings every Wednesday for literary and scientific minds for more than forty years. Erudite but pedantic, he was the inspiration behind the character of Vadius in Molière's 'Les Femmes savantes' | 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 : SCHOLAR : POET : INTELLECTUAL : AUTHOR : BOOK : | 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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