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Description: | bound volume (54.5 x 39.5 x 7.5 cm) s. in plate on plinth l. "Nanteuil F. ad vivum 1658"; inscr. in plate b.c. "108."; inscr. in brown ink on supporting sheet b. c. "15- / Louis de Bailleul, / President a Mortier."; inscr. hand-written in brown ink on supporting sheet t. c. "No. 15. [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. Simon Dreux d'Aubray, Comte d'Offremont, lieutenant-civil of Paris, is placed in the volume alongside other important legal figures. He was the father of the notorious murderess, the marquise de Brinvilliers who, with the help of her lover, poisoned her whole family to get their inheritance. The hand-written inscription beneath the plate incorrectly identifies him as magistrate Louis Dominique de Bailleul. | 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 : LEGAL : COAT OF ARMS : | 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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