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Description: | bound volume (54.5 x 39.5 x 7.5 cm) s. in plate in oval frame b.c. "Rob. Nanteuil ad- vivum Sculpebat."; inscr. in plate b.c. "99."; inscr. in brown ink on supporting sheet b. c. "6- / Mathieu Mole / guard des feeause Et / Premier President au / Parlerment de Paris"; inscr. hand-written in brown ink on supporting sheet t. c. "No. 6. [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. Mathieu Mole, Seigneur de Loisy et de Champlatreux, a magistrate, occupied various prestigious legal and parliamentary positions. He is placed in the volume alongside other such figures including his father. This portrait was made toward the end of his life when he was made Keeper of the Seals following his conciliatory role during the last of the series of aristocratic uprisings in France known as the Fronde (1648-53). | 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 : MAGISTRATE : SKULLCAP : COAT OF ARMS : BEARD : | 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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