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Description: | bound volume (54.5 x 39.5 x 7.5 cm) s. in plate b. of oval border "Rob. Nanteuil ad vivum Sculpebat 1653."; inscr. hand-written in brown ink on plate b. "Claude Teverin Chanoine de Paris"; inscr. in brown ink on supporting sheet b. c. "185 [scored out] / 93- / Claude Thevenin, / Chanoine de Paris."; inscr. hand-written in brown ink on supporting sheet t. c. "No. 94. [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.This portrait of a Canon of the Eglise de Paris is presented within a group of portraits of religious and administrative officials, next to Nanteuil's other portrait of the Canon.. | 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 : VOLUME : HUNTER COLLECTION : FRENCH : HUNTER VOLUME : COAT OF ARMS : SKULLCAP : | 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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