Henri-Auguste de Loménie, comte de Brienne
Medium
Engraving; fourth state of four (Petitjean & Wickert)
Dimensions
Sheet: 18 11/16 × 14 9/16 in. (47.5 × 37 cm) Plate: 10 15/16 × 10 13/16 in. (27.8 × 27.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
Accession Number
24.63.376
Tags
About the Artist
Robert Nanteuil|Chalcographie du Louvre · 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...