Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle
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Engraving, with touches of gray wash
Dimensions
Sheet: 16 9/16 × 11 3/16 in. (42 × 28.4 cm) Plate: 13 1/4 × 9 7/16 in. (33.6 × 23.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2022
Accession Number
2022.360
Art Historical Context
This striking 1554 engraving portrays Antoine Perrenot de Gran, a powerful 16th-century cardinal,, and advisor to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and later Philip II of Spain. by Flemish engraver Lambert Suavius, portrait captures Granvelle at the height of his influence, the turbulent religious and political upheavals of the Reformation era. As a key figure in Habsburg diplomacy, Granvelle navigated the complexities of Catholic Counter-Reformation politics and the emerging conflicts in the Netherlands, making this image a window into Renaissance courtly power. Suavius's mastery shines in the in...
About the Artist
Cardinal Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle|Lambert Suavius ( |Netherlandish) · 1517 |1510 –1586 |1576
French, 1517–1586|Netherlandish, ca. 1510–by 1576