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Description: | bound volume (54.5 x 39.5 x 7.5 cm) s. in plate on plinth l. "Nanteuil faciebat"; inscr. in plate on plinth "Messire Pierre Jeannin premier President / au Parlement de Bourgogne, Surintendant / des Finances, Ministere d'Estat &c."; inscr. in plate b.c. "109."; inscr. in brown ink on supporting sheet b. c. "16 "; inscr. hand-written in brown ink on supporting sheet t. c. "No. 16. [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. Pierre Jeannin, a magistrate and statesman who held various prestigious parliamentary and legal positions is placed among other such figures in the volume. One of the earliest statesmen included, he died the year of Nanteuil's birth. This engraving, commissioned to illustrate a book about Jeannin published in 1656, must have been made from a design by an earlier, unidentified artist. | 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 : PEDESTAL : POLITICIAN : LEGAL : STATESMAN : | 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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