Portret van Basile Fouquet
Robert Nanteuil
1658
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
325; 250
About this artwork
Portret van Basile Fouquet, met de orde van de Heilige Geest (Saint-Esprit) op zijn mouw. Een ovale omlijsting met onderaan een wapenschild.
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...