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Details
- Date
- 1660
- Media category
- Materials used
- engraving
- Dimensions
- 32.8 x 25.5 cm platemark; 33.7 x 26.3 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1937
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 6436
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Robert Nanteuil
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About
The classic restraint of Nanteuil’s portrait engravings is based on highly finished chalk drawings which he made from life, later translating them into a matrix of clearly defined lines and flecks with the burin. Nanteuil’s sitters are always presented bust view and looking at the viewer, their faces framed by an unadorned oval and set against meticulously ruled backgrounds. Nanteuil was appointed portrait engraver to Louis XIV in 1659, amply documenting the king and his court, as well as many prominent Parisians.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Le Grand Siècle, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 Jun 1997–17 Jul 1997
European prints and drawings 1500-1900, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Aug 2014–02 Nov 2014
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Peter Raissis, Le Grand Siècle, Sydney, 1997, 7 (illus.), 8. no catalogue numbers
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