Portret van Pierre Jeannin
Jacques Nicolas Tardieu
1755 - 1765
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
112; 155
About this artwork
collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Art Historical Context
Welcome to our virtual gallery, where we spotlight *Portret van Pierre Jeannin*, a delicate engraving by the skilled French artist Jacques Nicolas Tardieu, between 1755 and1765. Measuring just155mm high by mm wide, this intimate captures the likeness of Pierre Jeannin a prominent 17th-century French statesman and magistrate who served as Chancellor under Louis XIV. Tardieu renowned for his precise reproductive engravings, likely drew from an earlier painted portrait, preserving Jeannin's dignified features for posterity during the elegant Rococo era. Engraving, the medium here, was a cornerst...