Pierre Berthier
1551 to 1600
Medium
etching
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1974.116.19
Art Historical Context
This delicate etching, *Pierre Berthier*, portrays the 16th-century figure Pierre Berthier (15511600) and was crafted by French engraver Jean Morin after a composition by Philippe de Champaigne, a master of Flemish Baroque portraiture. Housed in the National Gallery Art's Prints department (CG-E) and acquired via the Aa Mellon Bruce Fund, exemplifies how prints preserved and popularized elite likenesses in an era before photography. Champaigne's influence shines through in the etching's refined realism and dignified pose, hallmarks of his style blending Flemish precision with French classicis...