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Description: | bound volume (54.5 x 39.5 x 7.5 cm) s. in plate on base of oval border "R. Nantueil Sculpebat et excud. cum Privil. Regis 1653"; inscr. in plate b. on parchment "Respice in faciem Christi Tui. / Psalm 83"; inscr. in brown ink on supporting sheet b. c. "104-"; inscr. hand-written in brown ink on supporting sheet t. c. "No. 106.A. [underlined]" CRE NANTEUIL, Robert; (French; 1623-1678) PUB 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. Although Nanteuil was principally a portraitist, he did produce a few religious subjects. His 'Ecce Homo' was modelled on a painting by Guido Reni now in the Louvre. The print was published in numerous states over 25 years, the earliest being 1653, when his reputation was starting to grow following Mazarin's patronage. It was used to illustrate a great number of treatises. | 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: | CROWN OF THORNS : CHRIST : HUNTER VOLUME : ILLUSTRATION : RELIGIOUS : MARTYRDOM : | 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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