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Description: | bound volume (54.5 x 39.5 x 7.5 cm) s. in plate in b.c. of oval border "Nanteuil ad vivum Faciebat 1655"; inscr. hand-written in coat of arms "162"; inscr. in brown ink on supporting sheet b. c. "67- / Francois de Clermont / de Tonnerre, / Eveque et Comte de Noyon."; inscr. hand-written in brown ink on supporting sheet t. c. "No. 68. [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 his 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 portrait of Francois de Clermont-Tonnerre, Bishop-Count of Noyon and royal Almoner from 1693, is placed in the volume alongside another state of the same print and other highly ranked religious officials. | 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 : RELIGIOUS OFFICIAL : 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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