Ferdinand de Neufville
Medium
Engraving; third state of six (Petitjean & Wickert)
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 1/4 × 10 1/2 in. (36.2 × 26.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Orme Wilson, 1963
Accession Number
63.533.6
Tags
MenPortraitsCoat of Arms
About the Artist
Robert Nanteuil|Philippe de Champaigne · 1623–1678
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. Nanteuil stands as the outstanding French portrait engraver of the seventeenth c...