Portret van Ferdinand de Neufville
Robert Nanteuil
1657 - 1658
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
363; 268
About this artwork
Portret van de bisschop Ferdinand de Neufville. Een achthoekige omlijsting van eikenbladeren, staand op een piëdestal met 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...