Kardinal Jules Mazarin
undatiert
Medium
Kupferstich auf Papier
Dimensions
Blattmaße: 15,5 × 11,2 cm
Classification
Druck
Department
Belvedere Collection
Museum
Belvedere
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna
Accession Number
PE 54
Art Historical Context
This intimate copperplate engraving by Balthasar Moncornet portrays Cardinal Jules Mazarin, the Italian-born statesman who rose to become chief minister of France under the young Louis XIV. Created on paper measuring just 15.5 by 11.2 centimeters, the print exemplifies the reproductive power of engraving, a technique prized in the seventeenth century for its ability to capture fine detail and distribute images of prominent figures across Europe. Moncornet, active in Paris as both engraver and publisher, specialized in such portraits that served both as personal mementos and instruments of poli...
About the Artist
Balthasar Moncornet
Balthasar Moncornet (c. 1600–1668) was a French engraver and print publisher who became one of the most prolific portrait printmakers of seventeenth-century France. Born in Rouen, he established a highly productive workshop in Paris on the Rue Saint-Jacques, the traditional center of the French print trade. Despite being blind in one eye — a remarkable handicap for an engraver — Moncornet produced...