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Description: | bound volume (54.5 x 39.5 x 7.5 cm) s. in plate b.r. "Van -mol pinxit Nanteuil Sculp."; inscr. in brown ink on supporting sheet b. c. "42- / Cardinal Mazarin."; inscr. hand-written in brown ink on supporting sheet t. c. "No. 41. [underlined]" CRE NANTEUIL, Robert; (French; 1623-1678) AFTER VAN MOL, Pieter; (Flemish; 1599-1650) 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. Mazarin succeeded the Cardinal de Richelieu as Prime Minister of France. During the early years of King Louis XIV, he completed Richelieu's work of establishing France's supremacy among the European powers and crippling the opposition to the power of the monarchy at home. Nanteuil's first engraving of Cardinal Mazarin, showing him in his palace, played an important part in his career, gaining him official recognition. This is the tenth of 13 later engraved portraits of Mazarin, placed alongside other important magistrates and religious officials. For his seventh head portrait of the great statesman, Nanteuil worked after Flemish painter Pieter van Mol. | 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 : RIBBON : COAT OF ARMS : PRIME MINISTER : STATESMAN : ILLUSTRATION : | 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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