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Description: | unbound volume; binding in 11/E/12 s. in plate on plaque b.r. "Nanteuil Sculp./-1663."; inscr. in plate on plaque b.l. "F.Cabouret post- / mortem delin."; inscr. in oval frame "IOAN. FRONTO CANON.' REGVLARIS CANCELLARIVS Stae. GENOVae. et VNIVERSs. PARIS:"; inscr. in plaque "Pars erit historiae, totoque legetur in aevo; / Seque opus Ingenijs,Carminibvs q dabit. / Pedo in elegia ad Liviam"; inscr. in oval frame b.c. "87."; inscr. in brown ink on supporting sheet b. c. "92"; inscr. hand-written in brown ink on supporting sheet t. c. "No. 93. [underlined]" CRE NANTEUIL, Robert; (French; 1623-1678) AFTER CABOURET, F; (French; 17th century) 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 Cabouret, an amateur artist active in the 1660s. A cleric and archaeologist Fronteau was Professor of Philosophy and theology at Sainte-Geneviève (where he started building up the library) and Chancellor of the University of Paris. | 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 : CLERIC : RELIGIOUS : ACADEMIC : INTELLECTUAL : | 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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