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Description: | bound volume (54.5 x 39.5 x 7.5 cm) s. in plate on ledge r. "Nanteuil ad vivum faciebat 1658."; inscr. in plate b.c. "169."; inscr. in brown ink on supporting sheet b. c. "74- / Pierre du Cambout de Coaslin, / Eveque d'Orleans, premier aumonier / du Roy."; inscr. hand-written in brown ink on supporting sheet t. c. "No. 75. [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.Grandson of Chancellor Pierre Seguier, Pierre Arnaud du Cambout was Bishop of Orleans. An important figure of the Church of France admired for his virtues, he was among others First Almoner to the King and later Great Almoner of France (1700). He is represented by three prints in the volume, placed alongside portraits of similar 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 : RELIGIOUS OFFICIAL : HUNTER VOLUME : 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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