Nicholas de Neufville, marquis de Villeroy
1551 to 1600
Medium
etching, engraving, and stippling, touched with black ink, on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 30.4 x 23.7 cm (11 15/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1984.25.36
Art Historical Context
This striking portrait print depicts Nicholas de Neufville, marquis de Villeroy, a prominent French nobleman and statesman. Created by Jean Morin after an original painting by Philippe de Champaigne, the work exemplifies the collaborative nature of 17th-century French art, where painters and printmakers worked together to share images of the elite with a wider audience. Champaigne’s refined Baroque style, known for its dignified realism and psychological depth, translates beautifully into this graphic medium. Morin’s masterful technique combines etching, engraving, and stippling, with delicat...