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Description: | bound volume (54.5 x 39.5 x 7.5 cm) s. in plate b.l. "R. Nanteuil delineabat" and b.r. "et Sculpebat 1650."; inscr. in plate b.c. "101."; inscr. in brown ink on supporting sheet b. c. "8- / Jean Anthoine de Mesme, / President a Mortier."; inscr. hand-written in brown ink on supporting sheet t. c. "No. 8. [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. The magistrate Henri de Mesmes occupied various prestigious legal and parliamentary positions and played a conciliatory role during the last of the series of aristocratic uprisings in France known as the Fronde (1648-53). He is placed in the volume alongside other such figures and is incorrectly identified as his brother Jean Antoine de Mesmes, also a magistrate, in a hand-written inscription beneath the print. This portrait was made in the year of his death. | 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 : FUR : | 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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