Michel IV Le Tellier (Le Chancelier)
Medium
Engraving; second state of two (Petitjean & Wickert)
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. (31.7 × 24.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of J. R. Watkins, 1942
Accession Number
42.16.24
Tags
MenPortraits
About the Artist
Robert Nanteuil|Philippe de Champaigne · 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...