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Cardinal Jules Mazarin

Robert Nanteuil

1659

Medium

Engraving; first state of two (Petitjean & Wickert)

Tags

Men Portraits Insignia

Dimensions

Sheet: 14 1/16 × 10 13/16 in. (35.7 × 27.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Robert Nanteuil

1623–1678 • France

Robert Nanteuil (1623–1678) was a French portrait engraver, draughtsman, and pastellist who became the preeminent portraitist to the court of Louis XIV. His technical mastery and royal patronage fundamentally transformed the status of engraving in France, elevating it from a mechanical craft to a recognized fine art.

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