Portret van Pierre Jeannin
Robert Nanteuil
1656
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
287; 185
About this artwork
Portret van Pierre Jeannin, driekwart naar rechts, in een ovaal op een piëdestal. Op de sokkel staat een tekst.
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...