Portret van Jules Mazarin
Robert Nanteuil
1656 - 1659
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
254; 337
About this artwork
height 337 mm x width 254 mm
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...