Portret van François Blanchart
Robert Nanteuil
1673
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
400; 325
About this artwork
De plaat is gegraveerd elf jaar na de dood van Blanchart. Het opschrift "ad vivum" kan slaan op het ontwerp van Nanteuil. Botke, K.
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...