Portrait of Marie de Gillier
17th century
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 15 7/16 x 10 5/8 in. (39.2 x 27 cm) Plate: 12 1/2 x 9 5/16 in. (31.8 x 23.6 cm)
Classification
Prints|Albums
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, Gifts in memory of Jacob Bean, and various donors, 1994
Accession Number
1994.610(52)
Tags
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...