Frid. Maurice la tour d'Auvergne P.L.G. de Dieu souverain duc de buillon, duc d'Albbret et de Chauthierry, c.te dav.gne et d'Evreux, vic.te de Turenne

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opschrift, verso linksonder, potlood: ‘f 660,-’ bedrag in Nederlandse guldens

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Robert Nanteuil · 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...