Portret van Pierre Dupuy
Robert Nanteuil
1651
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
158; 112
About this artwork
Deze gravure is gebruikt als illustratie in Dupuy's , "Commentaire sur le traité des libertez de l'eglise gallicane de Maistre Pierre Pithou", Parijs 1652. 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...