Jean Duvergier de Hauranne, abbe de Saint-Cyran
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
image: 13 9/16 x 9 7/16 in. (34.4 x 23.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
Accession Number
28.97.96
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Art Historical Context
This striking etching portrays Jean Duvergier deauranne, the abb de Saint-Cyran, a influential 17th-century French and spiritual advisor closely tied to the Jansenist movement. Rendered by master engraver Jean Morin after original painting by Philippe de Champaigne, exemplifies the collaborative artistry of the Baroque era, where painters' works were faithfully reproduced in print to reach broader audiences. Champaigne, a Flemish-born artist who became a pillar of portraiture at the court of Louis XIII was celebrated for his penetrating realism and somber intensity—qualities preserved in Mori...
About the Artist
Jean Morin|Philippe de Champaigne · 1605–1650
Jean Morin (c. 1605–1650) was one of the most accomplished French engravers of the seventeenth century, a master of the portrait print whose work stands among the finest examples of French graphic art in its era. Little is known about his early life or training, though his technique suggests exposure to both French and Flemish engraving traditions, the latter being the dominant force in European p...