Marie Jeanne Baptiste de Savoie-Nemours
Medium
Engraving; first state of three (Petitjean & Wickert)
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 11 15/16 in. (25.2 × 30.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.2541
Tags
PortraitsWomenCoat of Arms
About the Artist
Robert Nanteuil|Laurent du Sour · 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...