Portrait of Louise Marie, Queen of Poland and Sweden
Robert Nanteuil
1653
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 9 9/16 x 7 1/16 in. (24.3 x 18 cm) plate: 8 11/16 x 6 7/16 in. (22 x 16.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.232
Tags
PortraitsWomen
About the Artist
Robert Nanteuil · 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...