Portret van Armand-Jean du Plessis
Robert Nanteuil
1657
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
271; 347
About this artwork
Portret van de kardinaal Armand-Jean du Plessis, hertog van Richelieu, met het insigne van de orde van de Heilige Geest (Saint-Esprit). Portret omlijst met twee lauriertakken.
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...