Portret van Michel Le Tellier
Robert Nanteuil
1659-06-20
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
274; 362
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso linksonder, gestempeld: Lugt 240
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...